Chief Negotiator and Deputy PM Bojan Maricic said in his opening address in the frames of the explanatory screening for public administration reform that the focus in the period ahead would have to be on meeting the European requirements and standards regarding the forming and imposing the expertise of civil servants. According to him, the area will be important on Skopje’s EU path and another challenge in the Foundations cluster, adding that the professionalism of the public administration mattered in terms of both fulfilling the obligations on the EU path and creating an administration sector that will serve citizens’ needs in a quality manner.