Manneken-Pis celebrates 🇲🇪independence.

Dressed in our fabulous national costume, this year on 21 May he turns #18 since we renewed our independence in 2006! 🥳

Coming of age indeed with unprecedented depth & breadth of reforms ➡️ full 🇪🇺 member!

At today's summit in 🇲🇪 #Kotor , we discussed the progress made on the priorities agreed in 🇦🇱 #Tirana .

We will continue to support our partners to reap the benefits that access to the Single Euro Payments Area, Green Lanes, Wifi4WB & the European Digital Innovation Hubs offer!

Glad to be in 🇲🇪 #Kotor to discuss our #GrowthPlan with Western Balkans ministers of European Affairs and Finance.

The Growth Plan is in full action & already delivering results.

Key that partners maintain the momentum & communicate clearly about the #GrowthPlan 's benefits!

📌 Montenegro hosts the Summit of leaders of the Western Balkans and the European Union 🇪🇺
📍Kotor, Thursday, May 16 🗓️

#GrowthPlan
#WesternBalkans
#OneRegionCommonVision ✔️

🎥Opening remarks live at: youtube.com/live/xCeWJnujw….

#20YearsTogether

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On 1 May 2004, 10 member states joined the European Union.

We celebrate this 2⃣0⃣th enlargement anniversary with a special cake during the informal meeting of EU Affairs Ministers. #EU2024BE

It is my pleasure that we gathered Ministers of European Integration and Finance of WB6 in Podgorica to discuss the very important topic of the Growth Plan.

We are happy to host this meeting today, just a few days after the European Parliament adopted the Regulation establishing

🌍Delighted to have hosted an experts’ discussion on environm. & climate change issues with reps from 🇲🇪's green #CSO -s . Partnerships are 🔑 for nature protection, waste & water management, decarbonization, & ensuring the path for closing #Chapter27 🌳
Big thanks to FES Beograd 👏🏻

📚Young people from #Montenegro visited our Mission as part of Erasmus+ project 'The 🇪🇺 citizens of tomorrow'.
💡Together we discussed 🇲🇪’s negotiation priorities, opportunities 4 youth #activism & shaping future EU citizens today. 😎
#EU #Montenegro #youth

The European Parliament adopted the Reform & Growrh Facility, granting 🇲🇪 access to over 4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣M 💶 in loans & grants in exchange 4 reforms. This will boost our economy, accelerate reforms & pave the way for 🇪🇺 membership. A step towards gradual #WB integration in 🇪🇺 Single Market.💪🏻

Thank you, dear Ódor Bálint for an inspired exchange on how to advance #enlargement as one of the priorities of the #EU during the #Hungarian Presidency. 🇪🇺
I look forward to working together & wish you all the best in this pivotal moment for #Europeans - present&future.🇭🇺🤝🏻🇲🇪

🌟 Very productive & results-oriented meeting of Chief Negotiator Predrag Zenović with Michael Miller and his team from EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement 🇪🇺! Perfect opportunity to discuss & plan our remaining steps towards #IBAR & beyond.
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#28thby2028

Hosting an official #COELA meeting with all 27 EUMCC present is a testament to our commitment and progress on the path to #EU membership. A proud moment and great honour for our country. (2/3)
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📯Today, a working breakfast was held at our premises where the Chief Negotiator & Petar Markovic briefed members of #COELA , the Secretariat of the EU Council, European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺, & EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement 🇪🇺 on the progress in meeting the interim benchmarks for chapters 2️⃣3️⃣ and 2️⃣4️⃣ (1/3)

Productive meeting w. Carsten Grønbech-Jensen, PermRep of 🇩🇰 to 🇪🇺. Discussed 🇲🇪’s commitment to intensive reforms, particularly those in the #RoL area & media freedom. Agreed on the need to maintain the current reform momentum with an equal care to their quality.

👥Exciting discussion yesterday at our Mission as we hosted 3️⃣0️⃣ delegates from the ReSPA WB Regional Mobility Programme in Brussels. Highlighting the importance of #ReSPA for WB, emphasising the pivotal role of the #PAR in negotiations. (1/2)

Deputy PM Aleksa Bečić and Minister of the Interior Danilo Saranovic engaged today in fruitful discussions with Cssr Ylva Johansson at European Commission & Angelina Eichhorst 🇪🇺 at European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 during Day 1️⃣ of their official #EU visit.

Always fostering stronger ties with the #EU
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In case you missed us on 📺 last weekend, check out our discussion on #enlargement , #EU reform & #green activism in #Brusselsmylove ? on euronews with Kalypso Nicolaidis & Teona Lavrelashvili.
Montenegro as the ideal candidate for a ‘net zero’ enlargement! 🇲🇪⏩🇪🇺
🎬:euronews.com/embed/2510064

The decision of 🇪🇺 to approve the generous Facility of the #WB Growth Plan that will enable 🇲🇪 to implement our Reform Agenda, step into the Single market of 500 million people, & additionally speed up our already substantial convergence with the #27. The future is now! 🇲🇪🤝🏻🇪🇺

With most our comms having to conform to, and thus reproduce a culture of almost Orwellian lingo, this diff post is personal & has the sole intention to share my happiness for greeting my friend,mentor & ferry-godmother of European democracy at Mission of Montenegro to the EU. Kalypso Nicolaidis

Big thanks to Méabh Mc Mahon 4 inviting me to 📺 discussion on #enlargement , #EU reform & #green activism in this week’s edition of #Brusselsmylove ? on euronews.🇪🇺Not only could I champion 🇲🇪 as the ideal candidate for #28th EUMS, I was reunited with European University Institute’s Kalypso Nicolaidis.