Montenegro is a NATO member and EU aspirant, but internal pro-Serbian and pro-Russian elements are making things tougher for further integration in Europe.
Montenegrin Serb nationalists hold an ancient flag of Montenegro as their candidate, Jakov Milatovic, won the second round of the presidential elections on April 2, 2023 in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Milatovic rose to political prominence in 2020 after a pro-Russian and pro-Serbian bloc of opposition parties gained a slim majority in parliament, the first crack in Djukanovic’s 33-year hold on power. Milatovic was a key player in creating the coalition's economic program called"Europe Now", which doubled the monthly minimum wage and abolished contributions to healthcare, boosting wages for working Montenegrins.
Some fear that Milatovic would compromise Montenegro’s foreign policy course and turn Montenegro into a Russian Trojan Horse in the Balkans and NATO, the diplomat told Fox News Digital. Russia has deep historical, cultural and religious connections to the Balkans, and narratives sympathetic to Russia often emanate from the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Church opposed Montenegro’s independence in 2006 and still does not recognize Podgorica as the country's capital or accept its NATO membership. From the Church's perspective, many within the community promote Russia as a guarantor of traditional family values.
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