РАЗВОЈ ПАРЛАМЕНТАРИЗМА У ЦРНОЈ ГОРИ И ПРОЦЕС ПРИБЛИЖАВАЊА ЕВРОПСКОЈ УНИЈИ: ЗНАЧАЈ И УЛОГА ПАРЛАМЕНТА
Development of parlamentarism in Montenegro and the EU approximation process : the importance and role of the Parliament

Summary/Abstract: The research subject in this paper is relation between development of the parliamentarism in Montenegro and European integration process. Parliamentarism, in modern sense, started its development in parallel with the process of democratic transition in Montenegro, i.e. after the fall of communism and holding of the first multi-party elections in 1990, when European integrations were not still in the focus. Communist patrimony, traditional values of the Montenegrin „patriarchal” society and war conflicts caused slow and complex democratic changes in the period until 1997, when Montenegro entered in the next fase of the democratic development and opening to the Europe, by the election of the new Government. On the other hand, the European Union decided to apply regional approach in the South-East Europe countries after signing the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995, and then in 1999 applied the new model of relations with Western Balkan countries, called Process of Stabilisation and Association. The European Union’s requirements within this process were particularly directed on the democracy and rule of law and focused on the strengthening of the institutional framework. Progress of Montenegro in the European integrations, followed by signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, obtaining the candidate status and starting negotiations with EU, implies fulfillment of the conditions, having impact on fostering development of the democracy and parliamentarism in Montenegro. Bearing in mind the abovementioned, there is need for strengthening the role of Parliament, as the most important political institution, in the process of European integration, especially, by establishing its sustainable structure that will have capacity to manage the harmonisation of the national legislation with EU acquis, but also by fostering its oversight and control functions in order to become equal with the Government in decision making regarding EU issues and communication function with the aim of achieving consensus of the political parties and citizens on accession of the Montenegro to the EU.

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