Montenegro votes in new government with Milojko Spajic prime minister

Prime Minister-Designate Milojko Spajic, leader of the pro-Western Europe Now Movement (PES) arrives for the Parliament session in Podgorica, Montenegro October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic

PODGORICA (Reuters) - After weeks of negotiations, Montenegro's parliament on Tuesday appointed a new government, a coalition of pro-European and pro-Serb parties expected to lead the small Balkan country in its bid to join the European Union.

The new government, led by economist Milojko Spajic of the Europe Now Movement, will have 18 ministries and five deputy-prime ministers. It will include the centre-right pro-European Democrats, the pro-Serbian Socialist People's Party and five parties of the Albanian minority.