31 January 2019 - The key commitment of the Government of Montenegro in 2019 is to create conditions for the growth of citizen's living standards, deputy prime ministers, Milutin Simović and Zoran Pažin, told a press conference following 107th Government of Montenegro session.
DPM Simović noted that the Government defined four priority goals for this year:
DPM Pažin said that when it comes to the Government's priority - the process of accession to the European Union, it has set out concrete and measurable objectives.
"This year we expect to fulfill the conditions for opening the last negotiating chapters, getting clear guidelines from European partners for finally closing negotiations in key chapters dedicated to the rule of law, and gradually closing negotiation chapters," he underlined.
Speaking about the continuation of strong economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister Simović said that expectations are based on hugely successful two previous years. He added that the Government's ambition is to continue with stable economic growth rates to achieve the final goal as quickly as possible - high quality of life for citizens. He stressed that this goal is based on the achieved macroeconomic stability of the State, preservation of the stability of the financial sector, the carrying out of major infrastructure projects, sustainable resource valorisation and implementation of the Development Programme for Acquisition of Montenegrin Citizenship by Admission for Investment Purposes.
Concerning suppressing the grey economy, as the third priority of the Government, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System announced the launch of comprehensive activities against the informal economy in all its forms, full coordination of all relevant institutions and further cooperation with stakeholders, especially with social partners. "We think that this should be a common platform," said DPM Simović.
As a result of the real achievement of these goals,he added, the Government expects the continuation of ceating new and improving quality of existing jobs, increasing the living standards of citizens through clear and measurable indicators: minimal wage, further regularity of pensions and their alignment, and reviewing reducong tax rates, which increases the competitiveness of our economy and opens up space for job creation.
