MEP Picula will be in charge of giving recommendations to the Council of the EU and the European Commission with the view of launching accession negotiation with North Macedonia and Albania, as well as giving fresh impetus to the enlargement process.

EU-UK negotiations are based on four fundamental freedoms, and citizens' well-being and rights must remain in focus, Picula told at a plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Picula commented on the current security situation in Syria.

S&D Foreign Policy Coordinator, Western Balkans Recommendation Rapporteur and Standing Rapporteur on Montenegro Tonino Picula, commented on the new methodology for negotiating EU accession.

Picula, together with Kati Piri, vice president of the S&D Group in charge of foreign affairs, presented last night the S&D group's position on EU enlargement and its views on the methodology and future of the negotiation process.

Waves of climate migrants are inevitable, MEP Picula said for Glas Slavonije.

The situation regarding the Law on Religious Freedom must be resolved by an agreement, said European Parliament rapporteur for Montenegro Tonino Picula.