Montenegro's Membership of the European Union: what are the issues at stake?

27 May 2013 - France

Robert Schuman Foundation together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the CEDEM organised a conference in Montenegro on 31st May 2013 entitled "Montenegro's Membership of the European Union. Constraints and Issues."

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Patrice Verchère, MP and Chairman of the France-Montenegro Friendship Group at the National Assembly, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, François Badie, magistrate and head of the Central Department for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) at the Justice Ministry,spoke on the issues at stake in this integration and the work to be done in terms of the fight to counter corruption and the respect of fundamental rights. A German MP Andreas Lämmel, the EU's representative in Montenegro. Mitja Drobnic and the Secretary of State for the European Integration of Montenegro, Aleksandar Pejovic, as well as several other personalities took part in this event. The Robert Schuman Foundation, loyal to its commitment to Francophonie also signed a protocole with the Petrovic Njegos Foundation for the organisation of French lessons for the inhabitants of in Cetinje, the historic capital of Montenegro.

from left to right : Henri Bohnet, Director of the KAS in Montenegro, François Badie, magistrate and head of the SCPC at the Justice Ministry, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Dominique Gazuy, Ambassador for France in Montenegro, Andrea Lämmel, German MP, Pius Fischer, Ambassador for Germany in Montenegro, Patrice Verchère, French MP and Chair of the France- Montenegro Friendship Group at the National Assembly, Pascale Joannin, General Manager of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Mitja Drobnic, Head of the EU Delegation in Montenegro

Henri Bohnet, Directeur Director of the KAS in Montenegro, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Vladan Simonovic, Chairman of the CEDEM, Pius Fischer, Ambassador for Germany in Montenegro

Magali Balent, Project Director at the Robert Schuman Foundation, Patrice Verchère, MP and Chair of the France- Montenegro Friendship Group at the National Assembly, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Dragica Ponorac, Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Montenegro, Nikola Petrović-Njegoš, Prince of Montenegro, Pascale Joannin, General Manager of the Robert Schuman Foundation, François Badie, magistrate and head of the SCPC at the Justice Ministry.

Jelena Durovic, Director the National Library of Montenegro in Cetinje, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Nikola Petrović-Njegoš, Prince of Montenegro, Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Mayor of Cetinje.

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