@@saturnalia2567 So what if he's a banker? We shall see but even if he was totally against corruption he would get a bullet, it's mafia run state where even the police are members of clans.
They have to do a lot to prove that they are a liberal democracy with rule of law and respect for human rights. We don't need another Hungary in the EU.
I don't disagree but so far the bigger issue in Montenegro has been corruption from everything I've read in reliable and scholarly sources. Perhaps it i could read Serbo-Croatian, i would have different information. Or perhaps foreign reporting in Montenegro is weaker than I imagine. But they appear to be "okay.". I'm far more concerned about Bosnia and Serbia. But yes, the standards of liberal democracy are absolutely essential if the EU is to have any real future. I would even say that the European constitution needs to be amended to make it easier to uphold the core tenets. Orban has already gone too far.
He is soft spoken but it could be a Trojan horse. Montenegro wants the sanctions against Russia to end, it wants the rich Russian tourists to come back, who have their yachts in the bay of Kotor, ... Montenegro has a motivation to say what we want to hear, but whether they really stand behind that, they still have to prove.
@@ekesandras1481 I don't know if that's the only way forward. The whole problem with Serbian Orthodox Church, was actually about prime real estate on the coast near Petrovac, where previous kleptocrat, Milo Djukanovic (whose party as the successor to communists was in power for the period 1945-2020) planned to work with Qataris. Not to mention that the assassinated maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating schemes between maltese, montenegrin and azeri governments. So talking only about russians is just superficial. The previous regime was 30 years in power and was notorious for smuggling oil, tobacco and probably drugs for years. Milatović was just a candidate that could bridge the societal cleavage, as was Koštunica in 2000. However, will he end up like the latter, co-opting parts of the previous regime, I don't know? It will be contigent on how well the pro-russian party will fare at the electiond in June.
@@ekesandras1481 I'm not sure that the view that Montenegrins want sanctions against Russia to end is as universal as you suggest. Now, they do have quite a bit of private Russian investment on their coast and a sizable Russian exist community (including Russian dissidents too.). So, there's SOME economic pressure to maintain friendly relations with the Kremlin. But, i would like to see popular polling on this issue before arriving at conclusions like yours. In any event, Europe can still pull Montenegro out of the Russian sphere of influence if they want to. Clearly, they should.
Are you out of your mind? Do you know that most of the people of Montenegro are Serbs, one of the biggest ally of RU. Most of the countries in EU are NOT even asked what they want, they jus thave to follow the direction.
Refreshing to see democracy at work and it looks like they chose a smart, educated well-rounded leader. Turns out people don't actually like autocratic leaders.
@@nobs997 well, it worked. When people have freedom, they become innovative, creative etc. On the other hand, the oppressive countries, well you can see with your own eyes!
@@hamodalbatal464 It is the most favoured political system by the West, don't forget that democracy almost destroyed Russia under Yelsin and China is doing just fine without it.
There's no sign that the EU would make any such compromises. I am glad that Montenegro was admitted to NATO first. It allows for all kinds of collaboration with other liberal delivered in a way that can encourage Montenegro in the right direction. There's many people who share your attitude. One thing that seems to get forgotten lately is that simply keeping these nations out of the EU does nothing to move them in the direction everyone wants. But it DOES give nations like Russia and China opportunities to step in where the EU hasn't.
@@Robespierre-lI Well said. I love intelligent people that actually think!! Montenegro joining NATO was a positive step. So, they would more than likely look towards EU mentality more so. Would be good if Serbia joined as well. Reason being that in the BALKANS Serbia is the largest economy, however, they are surrounded by NATO Countries.
@@remogatron1010 The Balkans include Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece... how can it be the largest? Serbia shouldn't get into anything in its current format. A lot of ppl there are very pro-Russia & hate NATO...
The thing is, Hungary didn't show any signs back then that it was a problematic country, having particular issues with democracy or corruption. *On the contrary,* Orban back then was a very progressive, left-leaning, pro-EU guy & Hungary seemed to be doing great... the first to get into NATO, OECD membership, etc. I don't think the EU compromised on anything imp with Hungary. The countries that posed more problems were Romania & Bulgaria, which is why they weren't accepted with the rest in 2004, but 3 years later. And a special verification mechanism was imposed on them for over 15 years... *However,* there haven't been any wannabe dictators to come out of there & they never made any political problems for the EU institutions. No anti-European party came to power & have both done a lot to help Ukraine and the West during this war. *So,* my point is that you can never tell what's going to happen & how a country will progress. And keeping countries out will just create the very things u'r trying to avoid, like the other user said..
The corner stone of every TRUE democracy is a free press! Without it, you can’t achieve an independent judiciary and a representative parliament or Congress.
Great move! I would wait for the next election for EU accession to make sure that his win is a real view shift of the Montenegrin people and not a reactionary move due to inflation and the war. In Moldova a pro-western government won the election for the first time ever, but now this government looses badly in the polls confirming the Moldovans aren’t ready for the EU. Hope Montenegrins have more to them than that
@@australiaprisonisland9156 sure tgat's why 60% of Brits regret Brexit with 30% not. The benefits of free trade political strength in numbers and saving on economies of scale in government are pretty obvious benefits as well as having a say in the trade regulations that your companies will have to abide by anyway if they want to trade with the EU.
@@georgigeorgiev891 But EU isn’t same for all countries. UK has great economy so it benefits from a larger market like EU. Montenegro doesn’t export anything.
It’s a bit weird that instead of answering the first question about why he got into politics he starts naming the countries he studied in. Seemingly just to show off. But in the end he didn’t really answer the question
He got cut off partially but he was making a point that he was at that point working from home in Montenegro, and got offered a position of economic advisor and I guess made a decision at that point
Aleksandar Dobrasinovic - agreed, repatriated during covid after years of extended foreign experience. Then approached by the PM - his response seemed pretty clear to me.
We had a EU/US sponsored dictator for 30 yr. Every country has a Mafia, but olny in MNE , Mafia has a country. Dedicated to US/EU sponsord "democracy"!
@@DMEU77 Unfortunately however, democracy is more than one person. For democracy to thrive, a critical mass of citizens must be engaged to make it work, otherwise it collapses on itself. This is as much true in the US as it is elsewhere.
@@chachaman4980 You did NOT understood me. US/EU has been keeping the dictator for 30 yr on the throne, because he has done all the things required from them. It was all the same to them (US/EU) if he was corrupted and connected or even more at the top of criminal organistation.
Montenegro is highly divided country. Some 30% Serbians devoted to Serbia and 40% Montenegrins devoted to Montenegro. Serbian claim Montenegrins are just a Serbian tribe. I'm afraid he is just Serbian puppet in Montenegro. Also, Montenegro is country where people still worshiping tribes and clans...and those clans are fighting between them self, something like Camorra in Naples, Italy. So...not sure how he can exterminate it since that kind of social stratification lives deeply in Montenegrins mentality. Wish him all the best to bring this country in right path.
It's really not possible, you probably don't know much about Balkans and EU. EU has one condition for Serbia to join --> to recognize Kosovo, that will never happen, any politician who'd do that would be literally killed by angry mob.
It's not a road to nowhere. If it were completed it would be good for transport and trade, especially given the size of Montenegro and the similar underdevelopment of the neighboring nations. The financing is the issue that many are worried about. Let's hope that Montenegro manages to complete and pay off the project. The issue would certainly come up in any EU accession negotiations But Montenegro probably does need an economy built around something other than tourism alone.
@@Robespierre-lI definitely, that's why I'm asking DW for update about it when they documented the projects, I wonder if they still have the same narrative and so called "Debt Trap" by China's Belt and Road Initiative
Good thing for montenegro, as i Croatian i remember 2008 , about that time we finally got rid of the priminister which he stole a lot of money by selling Croatian oil compania INA...anyways, getting rid of corruption in government is the frist step, and a very good one...i support new montenegrin president here
I BOUGHT 2 APARTMENTS IN Montenegro and was arrested when i complained that the manager was renting them out without my consent. I was brought to the waters edge in handcuffs and asked by the police if i could swim. This was the cue to give them a bribe. I didn't unfortunately so the policeman accused me of assulting him he then asked my solicitor to pay 5000 to change the evidence. I was sent to sputz prison for 30 days every single breech of human rights for detaning a pre trial prisoner was commited. I had no bed sheets no soap or toothbrush there was no shower the toilet was broken i had no access to a library i had no pen or paper or phone call. legal papers were handed to me in prison in Serbian a language i cant speak. I had no excercise for the first 10 days along with the 5 others that were locked in the room with me. It was the most traumatic experience of my life and caused huge distress to my family. A year has passed i had a pacemaker fitted two weeks ago im 50 years old. I have the emails from the Montenegrin solicitor explaining to my sister that the policeman would drop the charges if i gave him 5000 Euros. I have a war chest dedicated to getting Justice from these criminals. If anyone you know has been a victim of the corrupt Montenegrin Justice dept. please post. My aim is to get justice and keep corrupt Montenegro out of the E. U zone. On another matter every successful Russian criminal has bought there way into Europe by purchasing property in Montenegro our average Russian criminal gets to call Montenegro home and is issued with citizenship. Montenegro is the most corrupt country in Europe.
If they share the same values as Hungary then we don’t want them in the EU! If they can show they protect press freedoms, the right to strike and form unions and the protection of all minorities in their county like LGBT+ and any religious minorities, gypsies etc then the negotiations can start but they have to show this first imo.
lmao, have you checked population of MNE? It's only 650 000 people, how can you compare it to bigger EU countries which have all kinds of agendas? People's first problem is corruption, second is mafia, do your research about clans of Montenegro --> Kavaci & Skaljari. They have incredible amount of money and power.
@@fotoz2363 Absolutely not, Yugoslav countries on their own are all fine (besides Serbia which has way to much Russian influence to be in the EU), the problem is the relation between each other. It's really bad for the union if member states hate each other.
It would take three+ generations minimum to transform a country from autocratic dictatorship like the current Montenegro to EU worthy nation. Otherwise another pro Russian pro dictator Hungary. There’s no doubt. I mean he can’t just be a single contributor but he can be a start of the transformation. It would take time. I hope they have patience as it won’t happen overnight and most likely not in their lifetime. Good luck to him and people of Montenegro.
@@nenadmitrovic3469 Ex president was everything, communist, Yugoslavian, Serbian, Montenegro nationalist, pro EU, mafia boss, head of cigarette smuggling cartel and so many other things.
This " bankers tie" has already achieved to bankrupt Montenegro between 2020-2021, when " bankers tie" was an "expert" economy minister.. Just for the record...
When he started talking about moving from one employer to the next, the first thing that came to my mind was........Another actor of the 'Snakes & Ladders' Game!!!!
How many years do you need to work in Russia without holidays, without days off, without spending a penny on yourself ... in order to save up like the richest Russian (getting the official minimum wage, which is massively received in Rus', outside the big cities)? .. The cold language of arithmetic gives out: 25,000,000,000 (dollars) X 80 (rubles): 13,890 (minimum wages, net without taxes): 12 (months) = 11,999,040.08 YEARS That is to say - 11 million 999 thousand 40 YEARS, nine months, three shifts, and another five hours and fifty two minutes of physical work! .. Will Putin's dollar billionaires work out at least these 52 minutes at the machine in their lives?.. Dependence on tobacco smoking, alcohol, drugs - is treated by a NARCOLOGIST. And dependence on the intoxicating smell of money? .. THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION ANSWERS: A PATHOLOGIST!.. Russian (worker, anarchist) .
What exactly are we supposed to do about that. They have been immigrating to our country since for ever. We share lot of cultural ties. And they play a important role as one of the main tourists groups before the war. I would like to say that it is something that’s perfectly normal for Montenegro. We cannot live isolated from all Russians if thats what you want. I would argue west has much more of Russians and Russian influence than Montenegro. Just look at UK, Germany for example. There are many businesses that have been directly linked with Russian money. All slavic countries share some ties with Russia. Also there are many families which have some extended families or friends of Russian origin. You cannot divide the hole country over one war in which we have zero involvement . We are following all Nato proposed sanctions and that is more than enough, for war that we don’t personally care about.
I don't know what's worse, to be a puppet of the undemocratic imperialist warmonger US or the undemocratic imperialist warmonger Russia... Serbia should stop being super close to non-democratic Russia. The EU should stop being a slave and so dependent on non-democratic US. That Criminal Trump is going to jail, that's good. Hopefully the other criminals such as Putin, Bush and Clinton as well. P.s. Hungary (and Serbia) are still more democratic, more liberal and less corrupted than Ukraine... According to all accessible the statistical data. That's the funniest part, isn't it... lol
Geez if he's a symbol of organised crime then surely prosecuting him isn't an 'option'. It's mandated if you believe in law and order. Does a murderer get the 'option' from the prosecution? Does the average Montenegrin citizen get the 'option' when he breaks the law. The answer is pretty academic. An option implies he's perhaps too big to be prosecuted. The same problem exists here in Australia when it comes to child sexual abuse. The abusers are in the Government, the Police, the judiciary and what have you.
You know Montenegro has only 600 000 people, probably your city has more inhabitants, everybody knows each other and there are powerful violent mafia/clans called Skaljari and Kavaci. I love it there, because it's more free than most places in the world.
@@fotoz2363 Why do you reference those clans as the Mafia? They're simply in the business of trade and commerce. A government that imposes fines and infringements is the Mafia. A Government that imposes laws to hinder your freedoms is the Mafia. A government that collects your taxes is no different to a Mafia group that practices extortion.
I hope the EU isn't getting too big. Starting there own Eastern European trade zone that has special relations with the EU might be a better solution. Do they expect net payments from the EU or is this only about open borders?
that's what americans and french want, open balkan initiative under prowestern serbia, milatovic is a perfect guy to get montenegro in to this union because he is a prowestern serb. the problem is that before that serbs have to give up on Kosovo for good so Americans can cement their position in the balkans. Americans are in a hurry obviously, so things could get complicated because serbs are tired of Vucic and his secret plans.
@@gahdhsh623 The EU has forced out the US out of Ukraine in 2014, the same will happen in Montenegro, when they finally will take steps to fight corruption and join the EU.
@@frankthetank5708 I don't agree with you. They hold all important strategic points in Europe -Uk, Norway, Eastern Europe (Poland, Ua), Balkans. The Eu is encircled.
Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova also worked in a bank and she more integrity than most politicians in Europe. If you study Economics, this is usually your path - that does not mean they “lie to make money”.
@@aliancemd those are two different things, he is a banker, and he seems like he would like to make money. He called himself a good guy for winning the election and then stated he supports Putin. Absolutes don't exist with humans, no profession behaves in a singular manner.
He literally is a banker. He worked for deutsche bank and the head of his party Spajic worked for Goldman Sachs. His party is literally the party of banker puppets.
No idea but considering a big reason as to why Russia invaded Ukraine was that Ukraine had set itself on a EU path and this man wants to join EU as well I don't think he is a Russian lemming. As far as Serbia I don't see a problem wanting to have good relations with Serbia, the Russian influence on Serbia is troublesome for sure but there is no reason to oust them in any way. NATO interference with Serbia Kosovo war did not go well with the Serbs and many still hate NATO for it and this is the cause of being drawn to Russia but I don't see it as a case to treat Serbia any worse at the moment if for nothing else then because if Serbia is in any way discriminated against then Russia will just use the opportunity to further divide Serbia from Europe leading to nothing but trouble.
Interviewer said if he's Pro-Serbian? 70% of Montenegro are expressing themselves as Serbian people. Why such an effort to paint Serbia in a "bad way" and siding us, Serbs, with Russia?
Serbia is ignoring the sanctions against Russia. Serbia allowed Russia to propogate problems in Kosovo recently and it was Serbians who Russia sent to Moldova to cause problems there last month. Serbia is basically a smaller Belarus.
@@PeterSedesse you are watching too much TH-cam podcasts. Don't forget content is made to make $ showing what you want to hear. It's completely opposite, most of the Serbs don't care about Russia. About sanctions, I saw Ukrainian products in supermarkets only in Serbia not a single one in Germany or Scandinavia.
@Mladen Stamenic i live in Denmark, and I do see a few Ukrainian products in our supermarkets. Sure I can't recall seeing any before the war, so it's properly purely political, but that does not change the facts
I don't think it's about who is first, but who is fulfilling the requirements and to be fair I have no clue about whole situation in that area. I know there's some 'problematic' people in Balkan area, but I am not familiar with each country to say much about them.
@@frozello14 that person is probably simply one of the numerous people in the Balkans who still hate ethnic Serbs. The clue is in linking Montenegro and Serbia together, despite the fact that Montenegro has had an entirely different foreign policy than Serbia.
I really hope at least Montenegro will join the European Union in this decade even only them only in the Balkans they have all the aspects to be part of it just only my personal opinion though.
I doubt it, most places still don't have street name and address + joining EU would cut off the Russian money coming in, they already have euro, so why join anyway?
@@dyawr Have you actually ever been to MNE? I live in Risan, name one street in my town and I will send you 50 euro. My friends live in Kamenari and their house has no street address, same in Kolasin.
@@fotoz2363 I see that Kamenari is a village that is part of a commune called Đurići. And they together have a population of just 300... There is only 1 street name I can see, "Jadranska magistrala". The rest of the addresses have a road code instead of a name in their componence.
Na odmor više ne idem u Crnu Goru, pravac Grčka, koji nisu priznali Kosovo. SVI NA ODMOR U GRČKU, NEMA ŠTA DA TRAZIMO U CRNU GORU, GRCI NISU PRIZNALI KOSOVO. OVIH DANA JAKOV IDE U BRISEL PO INSTRUKCIJE,IZDAO JE SRBE U CRNOJ GORI,TREBA ODMAH TRAZITI NJEGOVU SMENU.
el mislis da ce to nesto promeniti, naravno da nece. ajde druze uzivaj i posmatraj spektakel koji se odigrava ispret tebe, nikad vise nece doci zanimljivije vreme za ovu generaciju. danas ce se odluciti u ukrajini da li ce biti multipolarnost ili ne. ako da onda je bolje za nas, jer onda cemo imati veci manevarski prostor, jer EU se nije iznutra objedinio a kamoli ostatak evrope, tako da otom potom imaj malo strpljenja, nemoj uvek da reagujes na emocije. a crna gora ce svakako barem morati da promeni retoriku prema srba u sopstvenoj zemlji, sramota ih svakako nije, mislim na montenegrine, tako da nemoj da trazis da se izvine sopstvenim gradjanima, a kamoli da rade u korist Srbije.
Hopefully he can get rid of corruption, it runs deep i would imagine.
yeah, it runs deep in every balkan country, unfortunately.
He's a puppet and former banker.
@@krystofk.2279 runs deep in every single country in the world, some are better at hiding it like Austria or Netherlands.
@@saturnalia2567 Wow accusations already? kind of typical of you
@@saturnalia2567 So what if he's a banker?
We shall see but even if he was totally against corruption he would get a bullet, it's mafia run state where even the police are members of clans.
They have to do a lot to prove that they are a liberal democracy with rule of law and respect for human rights.
We don't need another Hungary in the EU.
I don't disagree but so far the bigger issue in Montenegro has been corruption from everything I've read in reliable and scholarly sources.
Perhaps it i could read Serbo-Croatian, i would have different information. Or perhaps foreign reporting in Montenegro is weaker than I imagine. But they appear to be "okay.". I'm far more concerned about Bosnia and Serbia.
But yes, the standards of liberal democracy are absolutely essential if the EU is to have any real future. I would even say that the European constitution needs to be amended to make it easier to uphold the core tenets. Orban has already gone too far.
change decision making rules towards more qualified majority and that's not a problem...
He is soft spoken but it could be a Trojan horse. Montenegro wants the sanctions against Russia to end, it wants the rich Russian tourists to come back, who have their yachts in the bay of Kotor, ... Montenegro has a motivation to say what we want to hear, but whether they really stand behind that, they still have to prove.
@@ekesandras1481 I don't know if that's the only way forward. The whole problem with Serbian Orthodox Church, was actually about prime real estate on the coast near Petrovac, where previous kleptocrat, Milo Djukanovic (whose party as the successor to communists was in power for the period 1945-2020) planned to work with Qataris. Not to mention that the assassinated maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating schemes between maltese, montenegrin and azeri governments.
So talking only about russians is just superficial. The previous regime was 30 years in power and was notorious for smuggling oil, tobacco and probably drugs for years.
Milatović was just a candidate that could bridge the societal cleavage, as was Koštunica in 2000. However, will he end up like the latter, co-opting parts of the previous regime, I don't know? It will be contigent on how well the pro-russian party will fare at the electiond in June.
@@ekesandras1481 I'm not sure that the view that Montenegrins want sanctions against Russia to end is as universal as you suggest. Now, they do have quite a bit of private Russian investment on their coast and a sizable Russian exist community (including Russian dissidents too.). So, there's SOME economic pressure to maintain friendly relations with the Kremlin. But, i would like to see popular polling on this issue before arriving at conclusions like yours.
In any event, Europe can still pull Montenegro out of the Russian sphere of influence if they want to. Clearly, they should.
Russia is making the EU even bigger and more united. Sorry but this is a total backfire moment.
HAHHAHA
IQ-4
Russia is evil.
Are you out of your mind? Do you know that most of the people of Montenegro are Serbs, one of the biggest ally of RU.
Most of the countries in EU are NOT even asked what they want, they jus thave to follow the direction.
Agreed, good comment!
But Montenegro is the only NATO country in which support for NATO has fallen since the war in Ukraine.
Seems like a smart guy
Seeming smart is not enough, sadly.
He is a controlled puppet.
Smart enough to manipulate the system
@@okman9684 He is the system. He should rename his party America now. Milo just fell out with Americans, they have chosen their new man.
Refreshing to see democracy at work and it looks like they chose a smart, educated well-rounded leader. Turns out people don't actually like autocratic leaders.
Democracy is not a universal human value, it is a political system
@@nobs997 well, it worked. When people have freedom, they become innovative, creative etc. On the other hand, the oppressive countries, well you can see with your own eyes!
@@hamodalbatal464 It is the most favoured political system by the West, don't forget that democracy almost destroyed Russia under Yelsin and China is doing just fine without it.
@@nobs997 The demographic crisis and the backlash of the insane covid measures seem to suggest otherwise.
@@nobs997 You mean Yeltsin absolutely decimated it after him, since he literally commanded tanks to fire into their parliament building
I hope EU does not compromise on separation of power and fight with corruption - please, no more Hungary-like countries in EU
There's no sign that the EU would make any such compromises. I am glad that Montenegro was admitted to NATO first. It allows for all kinds of collaboration with other liberal delivered in a way that can encourage Montenegro in the right direction.
There's many people who share your attitude. One thing that seems to get forgotten lately is that simply keeping these nations out of the EU does nothing to move them in the direction everyone wants. But it DOES give nations like Russia and China opportunities to step in where the EU hasn't.
@@Robespierre-lI This is usually how it goes. NATO has fewer requirements, so a country gets accepted to NATO 5-10 years before EU
@@Robespierre-lI Well said. I love intelligent people that actually think!!
Montenegro joining NATO was a positive step. So, they would more than likely look towards EU mentality more so.
Would be good if Serbia joined as well. Reason being that in the BALKANS Serbia is the largest economy, however, they are surrounded by NATO Countries.
@@remogatron1010 The Balkans include Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece... how can it be the largest? Serbia shouldn't get into anything in its current format. A lot of ppl there are very pro-Russia & hate NATO...
The thing is, Hungary didn't show any signs back then that it was a problematic country, having particular issues with democracy or corruption. *On the contrary,* Orban back then was a very progressive, left-leaning, pro-EU guy & Hungary seemed to be doing great... the first to get into NATO, OECD membership, etc. I don't think the EU compromised on anything imp with Hungary.
The countries that posed more problems were Romania & Bulgaria, which is why they weren't accepted with the rest in 2004, but 3 years later. And a special verification mechanism was imposed on them for over 15 years...
*However,* there haven't been any wannabe dictators to come out of there & they never made any political problems for the EU institutions. No anti-European party came to power & have both done a lot to help Ukraine and the West during this war.
*So,* my point is that you can never tell what's going to happen & how a country will progress. And keeping countries out will just create the very things u'r trying to avoid, like the other user said..
The corner stone of every TRUE democracy is a free press! Without it, you can’t achieve an independent judiciary and a representative parliament or Congress.
That would mean there is no 'TRUE' democracy, because there is no free press, not in europe and certainly not in america.
What a smart and well spoken man
Being smart and well spoken is not enough.
@@yuchoob Where are you from?
@@MangasColoradas-mp4iy Earth. You?
Ashraf Ghani (former president of afghanistan) was also well spoken and educated. He fled the country while his people were fighting the talibans
If Mr. Milatovic can restore faith in the judicial system and promote economic integration regionally he will do his countrymen a great service.
Great move! I would wait for the next election for EU accession to make sure that his win is a real view shift of the Montenegrin people and not a reactionary move due to inflation and the war. In Moldova a pro-western government won the election for the first time ever, but now this government looses badly in the polls confirming the Moldovans aren’t ready for the EU. Hope Montenegrins have more to them than that
EU accession is something that takes so long you will see two elections.
Tell me what benefits are derived from being in the EU? Not many!!
@@australiaprisonisland9156 sure tgat's why 60% of Brits regret Brexit with 30% not.
The benefits of free trade political strength in numbers and saving on economies of scale in government are pretty obvious benefits as well as having a say in the trade regulations that your companies will have to abide by anyway if they want to trade with the EU.
@@georgigeorgiev891 But EU isn’t same for all countries. UK has great economy so it benefits from a larger market like EU. Montenegro doesn’t export anything.
@@australiaprisonisland9156Tourism, Trade, Infrastructure projects, Economic development do I need to continue?
It’s a bit weird that instead of answering the first question about why he got into politics he starts naming the countries he studied in. Seemingly just to show off. But in the end he didn’t really answer the question
He got cut off partially but he was making a point that he was at that point working from home in Montenegro, and got offered a position of economic advisor and I guess made a decision at that point
Aleksandar Dobrasinovic - agreed, repatriated during covid after years of extended foreign experience. Then approached by the PM - his response seemed pretty clear to me.
Eradicate corruption and you will have a healthy government. Throw people in jail, send a strong message !
We had a EU/US sponsored dictator for 30 yr. Every country has a Mafia, but olny in MNE , Mafia has a country.
Dedicated to US/EU sponsord "democracy"!
@@DMEU77
Unfortunately however, democracy is more than one person. For democracy to thrive, a critical mass of citizens must be engaged to make it work, otherwise it collapses on itself. This is as much true in the US as it is elsewhere.
@@chachaman4980 You did NOT understood me. US/EU has been keeping the dictator for 30 yr on the throne, because he has done all the things required from them.
It was all the same to them (US/EU) if he was corrupted and connected or even more at the top of criminal organistation.
Montenegro is highly divided country. Some 30% Serbians devoted to Serbia and 40% Montenegrins devoted to Montenegro. Serbian claim Montenegrins are just a Serbian tribe. I'm afraid he is just Serbian puppet in Montenegro. Also, Montenegro is country where people still worshiping tribes and clans...and those clans are fighting between them self, something like Camorra in Naples, Italy. So...not sure how he can exterminate it since that kind of social stratification lives deeply in Montenegrins mentality. Wish him all the best to bring this country in right path.
Montenegro is Serbia
I hope that Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and all former Yugoslavia can be soon together peacefully in the EU.
It's really not possible, you probably don't know much about Balkans and EU. EU has one condition for Serbia to join --> to recognize Kosovo, that will never happen, any politician who'd do that would be literally killed by angry mob.
The people here do not want it
Any updates about the "Montenegro's infrastructure road to nowhere funded by China?"
It's not a road to nowhere. If it were completed it would be good for transport and trade, especially given the size of Montenegro and the similar underdevelopment of the neighboring nations.
The financing is the issue that many are worried about. Let's hope that Montenegro manages to complete and pay off the project. The issue would certainly come up in any EU accession negotiations
But Montenegro probably does need an economy built around something other than tourism alone.
@@Robespierre-lI definitely, that's why I'm asking DW for update about it when they documented the projects, I wonder if they still have the same narrative and so called "Debt Trap" by China's Belt and Road Initiative
You are full of BS. What about EEW, Krauss Maffei and others? China is way more in Germany than in ny other country in Europe including Montenegro.
@Wir sind immer noch hier the same with Montenegro? What is the problem to built 500km road?
Congratulation Mr. Presídent
Good thing for montenegro, as i Croatian i remember 2008 , about that time we finally got rid of the priminister which he stole a lot of money by selling Croatian oil compania INA...anyways, getting rid of corruption in government is the frist step, and a very good one...i support new montenegrin president here
Get closer to Serbia and your EU path will end up in the mud as well. 😃
1:46, oh interesting
This is the age of young people removing old corrupt dictatorship
I BOUGHT 2 APARTMENTS IN Montenegro and was arrested when i complained that the manager was renting them out without my consent. I was brought to the waters edge in handcuffs and asked by the police if i could swim. This was the cue to give them a bribe. I didn't unfortunately so the policeman accused me of assulting him he then asked my solicitor to pay 5000 to change the evidence. I was sent to sputz prison for 30 days every single breech of human rights for detaning
a pre trial prisoner was commited. I had no bed sheets no soap or toothbrush there was no shower the toilet was broken i had no access to a library i had no pen or paper or phone call. legal papers were handed to me in prison in Serbian a language i cant speak. I had no excercise for the first 10 days along with the 5 others that were locked in the room with me. It was the most traumatic experience of my life and caused huge distress to my family. A year has passed i had a pacemaker fitted two weeks ago im 50 years old.
I have the emails from the
Montenegrin solicitor explaining to my sister that the policeman would drop the charges if i gave him 5000 Euros.
I have a war chest dedicated to getting Justice from these criminals. If anyone you know has been a victim of the corrupt Montenegrin Justice dept. please post. My aim is to get justice and keep corrupt Montenegro out of the E. U zone.
On another matter every successful Russian criminal has bought there way into Europe by purchasing property in Montenegro our average Russian criminal gets to call Montenegro home and is issued with citizenship.
Montenegro is the most corrupt country in Europe.
From his achievements alone, he means buissness
Beware the politician who talks so much about anti-corruption purges - they generally mean purges of their opponents, not of corruption per se.
If they share the same values as Hungary then we don’t want them in the EU! If they can show they protect press freedoms, the right to strike and form unions and the protection of all minorities in their county like LGBT+ and any religious minorities, gypsies etc then the negotiations can start but they have to show this first imo.
lmao, have you checked population of MNE? It's only 650 000 people, how can you compare it to bigger EU countries which have all kinds of agendas? People's first problem is corruption, second is mafia, do your research about clans of Montenegro --> Kavaci & Skaljari. They have incredible amount of money and power.
One president said once : "My congratulations to Montenegro"😂
Ukraine can fast track joining EU and Nato too 🎉🎉🎉😂.
in your dreams
With all respect to Montenegro we should be careful about letting more Yugoslav countries in, the last thing we want is Yugoslavia inside the EU.
why is that? Croatia is already part of the EU, is that also a problem?
@@fotoz2363 Absolutely not, Yugoslav countries on their own are all fine (besides Serbia which has way to much Russian influence to be in the EU), the problem is the relation between each other.
It's really bad for the union if member states hate each other.
@@ad_astra468 ow yea, you're right
It would take three+ generations minimum to transform a country from autocratic dictatorship like the current Montenegro to EU worthy nation. Otherwise another pro Russian pro dictator Hungary. There’s no doubt. I mean he can’t just be a single contributor but he can be a start of the transformation. It would take time. I hope they have patience as it won’t happen overnight and most likely not in their lifetime. Good luck to him and people of Montenegro.
Ex president dictator was anti Russian, pro EU
@@nenadmitrovic3469 Ex president was everything, communist, Yugoslavian, Serbian, Montenegro nationalist, pro EU, mafia boss, head of cigarette smuggling cartel and so many other things.
@@fotoz2363 he wasn serbian, he was trying to break relations, when ever he couls
@@nenadmitrovic3469 no it was only after Serbia was fed up with his corruption and went after him that he started to attempt to break off from Serbia
A real bankers tie … very nice! 😊
This " bankers tie" has already achieved to bankrupt Montenegro between 2020-2021, when " bankers tie" was an "expert" economy minister.. Just for the record...
Interesting- but sound quality was very poor
Never heard the name of this country
When he started talking about moving from one employer to the next, the first thing that came to my mind was........Another actor of the 'Snakes & Ladders' Game!!!!
And uk leaving.
His vibe is wreid
No is without a fault and
This is NOT a game.
Bravo🎉❤😊
How many years do you need to work in Russia without holidays, without days off, without spending a penny on yourself ... in order to save up like the richest Russian (getting the official minimum wage, which is massively received in Rus', outside the big cities)? ..
The cold language of arithmetic gives out:
25,000,000,000 (dollars) X 80 (rubles): 13,890 (minimum wages, net without taxes): 12 (months) = 11,999,040.08 YEARS
That is to say - 11 million 999 thousand 40 YEARS, nine months, three shifts, and another five hours and fifty two minutes of physical work! ..
Will Putin's dollar billionaires work out at least these 52 minutes at the machine in their lives?..
Dependence on tobacco smoking, alcohol, drugs - is treated by a NARCOLOGIST. And dependence on the intoxicating smell of money? ..
THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION ANSWERS: A PATHOLOGIST!..
Russian (worker, anarchist)
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I'm not sure there's enough trust there, and there's a lot more work to do for EU membership. Just ask Ukraine.
We will see if he is all full of it He hasn't actually done anything with the people this is going to fail I think
Handsome enough
Agreed. I wonder .... Hmmm ... Do we think he's single? And if not, surely we could get the Albanian mafia to fix that for us
@@Robespierre-lI he's married and has kids
@@Grimreapercrow Shhhhh! Killjoy! ;) Now, about that Albanian mafia connection ... Alexandre? You chipping in?
Somebody told me that Jessica Simpson was the Queen of Montenegro. Is that legit?! 😳
EUROPA SAD
You must ask about Russians in Budva
What exactly are we supposed to do about that. They have been immigrating to our country since for ever. We share lot of cultural ties. And they play a important role as one of the main tourists groups before the war. I would like to say that it is something that’s perfectly normal for Montenegro. We cannot live isolated from all Russians if thats what you want. I would argue west has much more of Russians and Russian influence than Montenegro. Just look at UK, Germany for example. There are many businesses that have been directly linked with Russian money. All slavic countries share some ties with Russia. Also there are many families which have some extended families or friends of Russian origin. You cannot divide the hole country over one war in which we have zero involvement . We are following all Nato proposed sanctions and that is more than enough, for war that we don’t personally care about.
And your Bundestag and politicians supported Milo calling hem a democrat, just as they say Kosovo is democracy 😂
Couldn't DW have afforded a better camera instead of this toaster
Even better couldn't people focus more on the interview?
There must be a reason. Perhaps their camera crew got lost in Croatia or maybe this interview was arranged at the very last minute.
If Macron had a smaller brother, from a Balkan mother... 🙄
They wont be allowed in the EU. too close to Serbia and Russia. It will be another Hungry.
I don't know what's worse, to be a puppet of the undemocratic imperialist warmonger US or the undemocratic imperialist warmonger Russia...
Serbia should stop being super close to non-democratic Russia. The EU should stop being a slave and so dependent on non-democratic US.
That Criminal Trump is going to jail, that's good. Hopefully the other criminals such as Putin, Bush and Clinton as well.
P.s. Hungary (and Serbia) are still more democratic, more liberal and less corrupted than Ukraine... According to all accessible the statistical data. That's the funniest part, isn't it... lol
Geez if he's a symbol of organised crime then surely prosecuting him isn't an 'option'. It's mandated if you believe in law and order. Does a murderer get the 'option' from the prosecution? Does the average Montenegrin citizen get the 'option' when he breaks the law. The answer is pretty academic. An option implies he's perhaps too big to be prosecuted. The same problem exists here in Australia when it comes to child sexual abuse. The abusers are in the Government, the Police, the judiciary and what have you.
You know Montenegro has only 600 000 people, probably your city has more inhabitants, everybody knows each other and there are powerful violent mafia/clans called Skaljari and Kavaci. I love it there, because it's more free than most places in the world.
@@fotoz2363 Why do you reference those clans as the Mafia? They're simply in the business of trade and commerce. A government that imposes fines and infringements is the Mafia. A Government that imposes laws to hinder your freedoms is the Mafia. A government that collects your taxes is no different to a Mafia group that practices extortion.
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I hope the EU isn't getting too big. Starting there own Eastern European trade zone that has special relations with the EU might be a better solution.
Do they expect net payments from the EU or is this only about open borders?
Integrate these countries into the rule based single market guarantees peace and less corruption.
that's what americans and french want, open balkan initiative under prowestern serbia, milatovic is a perfect guy to get montenegro in to this union because he is a prowestern serb. the problem is that before that serbs have to give up on Kosovo for good so Americans can cement their position in the balkans. Americans are in a hurry obviously, so things could get complicated because serbs are tired of Vucic and his secret plans.
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The EU has forced out the US out of Ukraine in 2014, the same will happen in Montenegro, when they finally will take steps to fight corruption and join the EU.
@@frankthetank5708 I don't agree with you. They hold all important strategic points in Europe -Uk, Norway, Eastern Europe (Poland, Ua), Balkans. The Eu is encircled.
@@gahdhsh623 Please explain in more detail what you said, Please.
Please don't join the EU, I love MNE as it is, EU will ruin it.
Sounds like a banker whose willling to lie make money.. "A good guy" LMAO
Maia Sandu, the president of Moldova also worked in a bank and she more integrity than most politicians in Europe.
If you study Economics, this is usually your path - that does not mean they “lie to make money”.
@@aliancemd those are two different things, he is a banker, and he seems like he would like to make money. He called himself a good guy for winning the election and then stated he supports Putin. Absolutes don't exist with humans, no profession behaves in a singular manner.
@@aliancemd like gold broker 😅
He literally is a banker. He worked for deutsche bank and the head of his party Spajic worked for Goldman Sachs. His party is literally the party of banker puppets.
Montenegro will be part of Serbia!
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No, it will not. It will become member of the EU.
Monte*beeep*
grow up
Montenegro will not be a member of EU, Montenegro will join the BRICS!
We don't want them
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He resembles Ukraine's Zelensky.
….Uuuhhhh, isn’t this the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian dude?
No idea but considering a big reason as to why Russia invaded Ukraine was that Ukraine had set itself on a EU path and this man wants to join EU as well I don't think he is a Russian lemming. As far as Serbia I don't see a problem wanting to have good relations with Serbia, the Russian influence on Serbia is troublesome for sure but there is no reason to oust them in any way. NATO interference with Serbia Kosovo war did not go well with the Serbs and many still hate NATO for it and this is the cause of being drawn to Russia but I don't see it as a case to treat Serbia any worse at the moment if for nothing else then because if Serbia is in any way discriminated against then Russia will just use the opportunity to further divide Serbia from Europe leading to nothing but trouble.
Interviewer said if he's Pro-Serbian? 70% of Montenegro are expressing themselves as Serbian people. Why such an effort to paint Serbia in a "bad way" and siding us, Serbs, with Russia?
Serbia is ignoring the sanctions against Russia. Serbia allowed Russia to propogate problems in Kosovo recently and it was Serbians who Russia sent to Moldova to cause problems there last month. Serbia is basically a smaller Belarus.
@@PeterSedesse Why should Serbia sanction Russia!? Russia never bomb us compered to NATO and USA and by the way Kosovo is Serbia :)
@@PeterSedesse you are watching too much TH-cam podcasts. Don't forget content is made to make $ showing what you want to hear. It's completely opposite, most of the Serbs don't care about Russia. About sanctions, I saw Ukrainian products in supermarkets only in Serbia not a single one in Germany or Scandinavia.
@@PeterSedesse Ignorance....
@Mladen Stamenic i live in Denmark, and I do see a few Ukrainian products in our supermarkets. Sure I can't recall seeing any before the war, so it's properly purely political, but that does not change the facts
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Montenegro and Serbia to the back of the queue!!!! Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia should be first!!!!!
I don't think it's about who is first, but who is fulfilling the requirements and to be fair I have no clue about whole situation in that area. I know there's some 'problematic' people in Balkan area, but I am not familiar with each country to say much about them.
Lol. There's no way Kosovo enters before Serbia. And Bosnia entry will take decades.
I don't think you understand how any of this works.
none of them should be able to join, they are ottoman lands
@@frozello14 that person is probably simply one of the numerous people in the Balkans who still hate ethnic Serbs. The clue is in linking Montenegro and Serbia together, despite the fact that Montenegro has had an entirely different foreign policy than Serbia.
Montenegro is welcome. Serbia is not.
and your mom is welcome
We don’t want to join the EU either, so we don’t care.
Please add Pakistan into EU too,❤
How is the EU suppose to solve the oppression of women in Pakistan?
No.
Isn't it called the EUROPEAN union? :D
Montenegro should know that once they are in, the EU will never let them leave.
If i remember correctly British did leave why should not the others it's not mafia thing where you can leave only in grave :)
Any member can easily leave
😂😂 clown
@@branko4138 well UK kind of looks like it's left in grave
Do you know this country called United Kingdom?
I really hope at least Montenegro will join the European Union in this decade even only them only in the Balkans they have all the aspects to be part of it just only my personal opinion though.
Why? Albania & Macedonia have just as well.
I doubt it, most places still don't have street name and address + joining EU would cut off the Russian money coming in, they already have euro, so why join anyway?
@@fotoz2363 "most places still don't have street names and address" - this sentence is bs, sorry.
@@dyawr Have you actually ever been to MNE? I live in Risan, name one street in my town and I will send you 50 euro. My friends live in Kamenari and their house has no street address, same in Kolasin.
@@fotoz2363 I see that Kamenari is a village that is part of a commune called Đurići. And they together have a population of just 300... There is only 1 street name I can see, "Jadranska magistrala". The rest of the addresses have a road code instead of a name in their componence.
Ovoje drugi Dukanovic.
Vatican supports him so congratulations😂
Na odmor više ne idem u Crnu Goru, pravac Grčka, koji nisu priznali Kosovo. SVI NA ODMOR U GRČKU, NEMA ŠTA DA TRAZIMO U CRNU GORU, GRCI NISU PRIZNALI KOSOVO. OVIH DANA JAKOV IDE U BRISEL PO INSTRUKCIJE,IZDAO JE SRBE U CRNOJ GORI,TREBA ODMAH TRAZITI NJEGOVU SMENU.
el mislis da ce to nesto promeniti, naravno da nece. ajde druze uzivaj i posmatraj spektakel koji se odigrava ispret tebe, nikad vise nece doci zanimljivije vreme za ovu generaciju.
danas ce se odluciti u ukrajini da li ce biti multipolarnost ili ne. ako da onda je bolje za nas, jer onda cemo imati veci manevarski prostor, jer EU se nije iznutra objedinio a kamoli ostatak evrope, tako da otom potom imaj malo strpljenja, nemoj uvek da reagujes na emocije.
a crna gora ce svakako barem morati da promeni retoriku prema srba u sopstvenoj zemlji, sramota ih svakako nije, mislim na montenegrine, tako da nemoj da trazis da se izvine sopstvenim gradjanima, a kamoli da rade u korist Srbije.
Čovjek jos nije ni postao predsednik a već hoćete da se povuče.