A N A LY S I S FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG- Balkanization instead of Europeanization- Fight against corruption in Montenegro DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BALKANIZATION INSTEAD OF EUROPEANIZATION Fight against corruption in Montenegro Vladimir Vučković, Mira Popović, Daliborka Uljarević(ed.) November 2020 Over the past eight years, Montenegro has not achieved the expected track record in combating corruption. EU has also demonstrated political inconsistency regarding the continuous and necessary external pressure in, thus Montenegro, despite all, has been making progress in the accession process for a long time, with an evident deficit of political will to effectively approach the prevention and suppression of corruption. Consequently, corruption remains widespread and a matter of serious concern. 1