Walka Czarnogóry o członkostwo w UE w obliczu serbskiego rewanżyzmu

The tiny Balkan state of Montenegro has been an authoritative European Union candidate for many years. In spite of widespread support for integration, the political situation in the country has made accession an increasingly improbable prospect. This challenge is compounded by increasing influence of Serbia’s autocratic regime, which poses an immediate threat to Montenegro’s EU aspirations.

In a fresh article, the fresh York Times suggested that Russia poses the primary external threat to Montenegro’s aspirations to join the European Union. This narrative, while appealing to many western officials and pundits, is misleading. Russia surely plays a disruptive function in Montenegro and the broader Balkans, but it is Serbia, under the increasingly autocratic government of Aleksandar Vučić, which presents a far more immediate and crucial challenge.