Montenegro Speaker Mandić ties EU path to unresolved wartime past after no-confidence bid fails

Montenegro's parliament speaker Andrija Mandić survived a no-confidence motion triggered by his condolences to war criminal Ratko Mladić's family, then asserted Montenegro cannot join the EU without a clear stance on its past. The episode signals persistent ethno-political polarization that could complicate EU accession negotiations, though the immediate institutional outcome is unchanged.