
Montenegro is considering the possibility of using the Croatian language to translate EU legislation in order to meet the requirements for joining the union by 2028, since the volume of documents is extremely large.
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To join the EU, a candidate country is required to translate and adapt the entire body of EU legislation, known as the acquis communautaire.
Montenegro may use Croatian to translate European Union (EU) legislation. Otherwise, the state will not have time to fulfill the requirements before joining the association in 2028, Euronews writes, citing several sources in pan-European political circles.
One of the conditions for accession is a complete translation of the common EU legislation - acquis communautaire. However, Brussels fears that Montenegro will not have time to translate the entire array of documents by 2028 and, most importantly, adapt them to the peculiarities of the republic.
The authorities in Podgorica themselves say that they will have time to translate tens of thousands of pages of material and adapt it. European politicians associate their concerns only with the alternative in case the translation process is not completed.
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