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The EU has invested heavily in bringing stability to the Western Balkans (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU sets high threshold for Montenegro referendum

The EU will endorse the result of Montenegro's referendum on independence if 55 percent or more of participants vote in favour of the move, Balkans agency DTT-NET.COM writes.

EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak gave the news to Podgorice on Wednesday night after consultations with member states' diplomats in Brussels, but EU officials have not confirmed the move so far.\n \nMontenegro government sources added that the EU proposed pushing the referendum back from April to 14 May.

Mr Lajcak...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

The EU has invested heavily in bringing stability to the Western Balkans (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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