Montenegro

Twenty years after Montenegro’s independence referendum, Serbia’s political and intellectual elite continues to struggle with accepting Montenegrin statehood. Despite Montenegro’s international recognition, NATO membership, and EU aspirations, nationalist discourse in Serbia still often portrays it as an “alienated part of Serbian space.”

Montenegro stands at a crossroads: will it normalise exceptional, deal-driven investment practices, or set regional standards for transparent and rule-based development? The EU has a critical opportunity to guide this process.

On April 28, Montenegro got a new, minority Government. Prime Minister Dritan Abazović’s cabinet, however, is one of the largest in the country’s recent, three-decades long history of multi-party democracy.