The leaders of the three most prominent opposition parties, the Socialist People's Party (SNP), New Serb Democracy (NOVA) and the Movement for Change (PzP), told Mr Füle that they favoured opening accession negotiations as a spur to bringing about change. However, they expressed scepticism about the will of the authorities to meet the EU's criteria, notably in the fight against corruption and organised crime.

The opposition parties have long accused Mr Djukanovic and others in the DPS of links with organised crime. The PzP leader, Nebojsa Medojevic, has said that it was well known who the leading organised crime figures were and what kind of connections they had with politicians, the police and the judiciary. At the beginning of November Mr Medojevic called on the state prosecutor, Ranka Carapic, to resign, claiming that she was not allowed by the authorities to prosecute certain individuals, and that she was afraid to implement the law.