STILL BUYING TIME: Montenegro, Serbia and the European Union (ICG Balkans Report No. 129)
STILL BUYING TIME: Montenegro, Serbia and the European Union (ICG Balkans Report No. 129)
Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Summary/Abstract: On 14 March 2002 the leaders of Serbia, Montenegro and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) signed an agreement in Belgrade to replace FRY with a new “state community”: a “union of states” to be called “Serbia and Montenegro”. If the agreement can be implemented, it will establish a loose association in which the two “member-states” enjoy virtually all the prerogatives of independence except those that depend on international personality (e.g. UN membership). The republics will control their borders – including customs – and become fully responsible for their economies and internal security. The union will depend on the republics to fund its institutions: an assembly, president, council of ministers, court, and the armed forces.
Series: ICG Balkans Report
- Page Count: 32
- Publication Year: 2002
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
- Introduction
