The interlocutors emphasise that Montenegro is still a leader in the EU integration in the Western Balkans, and that it has entered the negotiation process very intensively as well as the overall harmonisation of domestic laws with European legislation.

President of the Parliament Mr Ranko Krivokapić stresses that the Parliament has been continuously recognised in the EC reports as the institution which gives a strong and often a key contribution to Euro-Atlantic integration. “In this year we have work to do regarding important legislative solutions, some of which are already under the procedure, but also regarding a strong institutional action for the full implementation of laws, control and the most important – rule of the law”, President Krivokapić says. “When I say the rule of law I think of the palpable feeling of the strength of the state which the citizens should have, and of the strong and professional institutions which implement and protect the Constitution and the law”, Mr Krivokapić concludes.

Mr Jean Eric Paquet assesses that Montenegro has been achieving a constant progress in European integration, leading that surge in the Western Balkans. Mr Paquet says that the Parliament of Montenegro will have a strong support of the EC in its further strengthening, because this part of the process of joining the EU is mostly dependable on the work of the Parliament.