Another chunk of old Yugoslavia is falling to the European Union. On September 11, Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic claimed victory in the country’s first general election since gaining formal independence following a referendum in May. Djukanovic’s pro-independence and pro-EU coalition won an absolute victory, securing 41 out of the nation’s 81 parliamentary seats. Djukanovic, who campaigned on a platform of joining the EU, now has a clear path to pursue EU membership for Montenegro.

Montenegro has repeatedly stated that being tied to Serbia has hindered its EU entrance process. Indeed, the European Union is visibly more eager to adopt the state into the EU confederation now that Montenegro has declared its independence. Following Montenegro’s successful referendum, EU expansion commissioner Olli Rehn said that “he hoped to speed up efforts to bring the newly independent Montenegro into the bloc.” Other former Yugoslavian breakaway provinces of Croatia and Macedonia are also in the process of being absorbed into the EU.

Intelligence agency Stratfor agrees that Montenegro will soon be absorbed into the EU. The European Union both “crafted Montenegro’s current state” and played “a key role in both Yugoslavia’s breakup and Montenegro’s recent independence referendum” (September 11).

The Trumpet has often pointed to the fact that it was actually Germany who orchestrated the breakup of Yugoslavia. In 1991, Germany, quickly followed by the Vatican, was the first nation to officially recognize the Yugoslavian breakaway provinces of Slovenia and Croatia, even though the rest of Europe and America were openly opposed to Germany’s action. Against world opinion, Germany held fast to its political commitments to its World War ii allies of Slovenia and Croatia—and today we see why.

Through the purposeful destabilization of the Balkans, Germany was able to create a crisis, for which it then was able to provide a solution. In this case, the solution was the destruction of the Serbian-led Yugoslavia (one of Germany’s World War ii enemies) and the future annexation of former Yugoslavian provinces into a German-dominated European Union.

2007 marks the start of Germany’s EU presidency, so don’t be surprised to see an expedited integration process for certain former Yugoslavian provinces.

Continue to watch the Balkans. These events are a major sign of how close Germany is to achieving its previously interrupted World War ii goals.