Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Filip Ivanovic He participated as a speaker at the round table “Open Door or Open End: Delivering on EU Enlargement”, held as part of the main program of the Munich Security Conference, and dedicated to the strategic future of the European Union’s enlargement policy and its role in shaping the contemporary European political space.
In addition to Ivanovic, the European Commission’s Commissioner for Enlargement also participated as speakers at the roundtable. Marta Kos, Minister for European Affairs of France Benjamin Adad, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Christian Mickoski, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Torgerdur Katrin GunarsdotirThe discussion was moderated by Maja Ruge from the European Council on Foreign Relations.
“The roundtable brought toreceiveher senior officials, decision-creaters and experts from European institutions and member and candidate countries, with the aim of reflecting on the credibility and sustainability of the enlargement process in the alterd geopolitical circumstances. A special focus was on preserving a clear and predictable European perspective for candidate countries, as well as on balancing accelerated integration initiatives with the principle of merit and preserving the rule of law as a fundamental criterion of the accession process,” the Government announced.
In his presentation, Ivanovic pointed out that enlargement policy remains one of the most powerful instruments for long-term stabilization and political consolidation of the European continent.
As announced by the Government, he emphasized that in order to preserve its credibility, it is crucial to provide a clear and meritocratic framework for accession, in which the reform progress of candidate countries will be adequately evaluated, and the European Union’s political commitment to enlargement will be confirmed with concrete steps.
“The round table was attconcludeed, among others, by Günter Krichbaum, Minister for European Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, Taras Kačka, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, as well as Karen Pearce, Special Envoy of the United Kingdom for the Western Balkans, along with numerous other high-ranking officials and representatives of European institutions. By participating in the round table, Vice President Ivanovic once again confirmed Montenegro’s unwavering determination to continue dynamically fulfilling the conditions of the demanding nereceivediating agconcludea, with the aim of starting the process of preparing the accession agreement during the Cypriot presidency of the EU Council, and for Montenegro to become a full member of the European Union in 2028. The round table was also an opportunity to reiterate the affirmative positions of the EU partner countries regarding Montenegro’s European agconcludea and the necessity of revitalizing the enlargement policy”, it was announced.
( D.C. )
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