PODGORICA – European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, began a two-day visit to Podgorica on Thursday. Following her meeting with Montenegro’s Prime Minister, Milojko Spajić, Kos held a press conference where she expressed condolences to the victims of the Cetinje tragedy and wished a swift recovery to the injured.
Kos stated that Montenegro’s EU accession negotiations could be concluded by the end of the mandate of the current European Commission.
“Montenegro has a historic opportunity, and there is no time to waste,” said the Commissioner for Enlargement.
She emphasized that the EU integration process requires the consensus of all political actors.
“Everyone must find common ground within a shared vision, and that is the message I will convey to Parliament today,” Kos said.
She pledged continued EU support for Montenegro and highlighted the importance of SEPA membership for the development of the Montenegrin economy.
Kos also praised Montenegro’s cooperation with Europol and Eurojust in the fight against organized crime.
The Commissioner stressed that the best way to advance on the EU path is to involve the opposition and engage in constructive dialogue.
“Parliament should be the stage for dialogue,” she noted. Kos expressed her expectation that the majority in Parliament would support EU-related reforms and that all political forces, including the opposition, would back the necessary changes.
Prime Minister Milojko Spajić expressed regret over the opposition’s actions but underlined his expectations for constructive cooperation. “We are ready to discuss everything,” he said.
“There are no insurmountable obstacles to cooperation in Montenegro. We have a window of opportunity, and I believe no one should jeopardize it. This is not a path that Milojko Spajić and the 44th government are taking alone; it’s a path for all of us. We must unite around what is in the national interest of Montenegro, and we see that up to 80 percent of citizens support the EU path. No one in Parliament should block that path,” Spajić concluded.
During her visit to Podgorica, Kos also disucssed Montenegro’s European integration and current challenges with President Jakov Milatović.
According to a statement from the President’s office, Milatović described Kos’s visit, shortly after her appointment in December last year, as a continuation of engaged political dialogue on Montenegro’s EU integration and a testament to the mutual commitment to the EU enlargement agenda.

“Montenegro is the most advanced EU membership candidate, and our primary foreign policy goal is to become the 28th EU member state by 2028. In this context, we must capitalize on the momentum of the enlargement policy, which requires intensive political dialogue, continued domestic reforms, and sustained support from our European partners. A prerequisite for progress in the integration process is for domestic political actors to demonstrate genuine political will and commitment while overcoming the constitutional and parliamentary crisis in which our country currently finds itself,” Milatović stated.