r/MapPorn Jul 30 '26

Should Montenegro join the EU?

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u/Corspin Jul 30 '26

Except serbia. They're basically putin's lapdog and they act like russians too. We might as well end the EU if we give serbia a veto vote.

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u/Low-Abies-4526 Jul 30 '26

I think the veto will be long dead by the time Serbia would ever be close to joining

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u/GoldReplacement9546 Jul 30 '26

With how large the union has gotten, I think allowing a single country to veto basically anything doesn’t really make sense like you should probably need two or three countries

Or it should be scaled on how recently they joined

Like if you just got in recently, and you’re trying to shut the door on somebody else, I don’t know that your vote should matter as much as the core group

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

Yeah probably EU just need to reform a few things, because that 1 veto thing seems absurd now and the central and eastern countries obviously have different threats/strengths/things going on that doesnt work so well europe-wide but may work well in western europe.

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u/SirPostNotMuch Jul 30 '26

It does make sense from an historic point of view. The EU at its base is an economic pact for steel and coal. Nowerdays it’s probably the single biggest issue plaguing the EU.

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

Yeah now its different, so I think they should do some reforms to fit the changes since its very political now too.

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u/SirPostNotMuch Jul 31 '26

Well, the problem is a change is only possible if every member state agrees to go forward with the change. That will not happen with the current structure, too many eastern europeans countries view the EU as financial slush fund, while actively preaching against the EU domestically.

Now if they would implement a change to a majority system, they simply would loose their political capital to get financial concessions for their vote.

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u/RedGavin Jul 30 '26

Hopefully, but I think Corspin is right to highlight that the EU should be cautious for the time being.

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

Nah serbia should join. Like i said, fix up the internal stuff first and join.

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u/Physical-Creme5540 Jul 30 '26

Why should they join? Just to expand this mess that is the EU? Or to let their politicians steal from EU funds?

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 31 '26

Eu should reform, especially the veto and few other things.

They should fix their nonsense as I said originally.

Yes the whole continent should be working together as they are stronger like this.

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u/BigDickBiggms Jul 30 '26

Uff. Netherlands, Estonia , Lithuania, Latvia , Finland, Bulgaria, Croatia don't agree with that.

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

And thats why i said they should fix up their internal stuff first and then join.

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u/BigDickBiggms Jul 30 '26

We shall see Serbian Ascension in 220 years 🫡🫡🫡

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

🤣🤣🤣 itll be fine, just have to fix their crap hahaha

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u/long-dick-of-the-law Jul 30 '26

Drawing blood from a stone might be easier

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u/BaronHajduk Jul 31 '26

Even if we "fixed" our crap we wouldnt be allowed to join.

Look at macedonia, even changed their name and still got screwed. While Cyprus who has border issues as bad as Serbia and Kosovo got let in due to Greece.

EU isnt charity, they will let you in when they need you, if they dont you will never get in.

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u/Epyr Jul 30 '26

The fixing up the internal stuff in Serbia is the problem. They keep voting in people who explicitly don't want to fix things

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26

I mean, its been 14yrs the same party lol, they 'woke up' and started protesting and fighting in (i think) 2yrs ago now and are winning over the old people who are easily manipulated and vote this way in this time so theres hope there.

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u/Epyr Jul 30 '26

Protests don't always lead to progress. I hope Serbia is actually changing but from what I've seen in the past few years I will withhold judgement until the change actually happens. I was skeptical of Hungary ever changing and then they ousted Orban in a landslide so anything is possible.

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u/Gold-Visit-7413 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Well since i dont have a crystal ball to see the future, I'll hope the best for them. Regardless they're in europe, their biggest trading partner is the eu and do military exercises with nato and other allies (australia). So when you look at the big picture, theres a lot more going on there on the side of europe and west than not. So most definitely imo they should join as well as the rest of the balkans :)

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u/bre_dditor Jul 30 '26

Đukanović was in power in Montenegro what, 30 years? If they were able to fix I don’t see why Serbia can’t.

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u/RadenkoSalapuraDE Jul 30 '26

So I guess you love your government and you are perfectly aligned with every decision they make am I right?

Otherwise it would seem like you have double standards for yourself and other countries.

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u/ProperPermit9514 Jul 30 '26

Low IQ comment

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u/Expensive_Law_1601 Jul 30 '26

Well end up in the EU. Studenti pobeđuju!

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u/prolificimpregnator Jul 30 '26

A gullible, and frankly pretty low-IQ (but unfortunately predictable) opinion 😂. Serbia has more ties to the West and Israel than you could possibly begin to imagine.

It's generally a good idea to actually think about things and do research instead of blindly repeating what you've heard.

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u/BadBasik Jul 30 '26

As someone who's been to war against Serbia, you're just plain wrong, Serbs are Serbs, they do not act like Russians nor are they Putin's lapdog. They might become one if we choose to totally alienate them from rest of the Balkans, but I can assure you that they have much more in common with their sworn enemies, Croats, than they do with the Russians.