According to Romanian European Parliament Member Victor Bostinaru, vice-chairman of the delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, "the perspective of joining the EU, as in the case of previous enlargements, plays a key role in speeding up the reform process in all countries concerned."
Prema rečima člana Evropskog parlamenta Viktora Bostinarua, potpredsednika delegacije za odnose sa Albanijom, Bosnom i Hercegovinom, Srbijom, Crnom Gorom i Kosovom, „perspektiva pridruživanja EU, kao u slučaju prethodnih proširenja, igra ključnu ulogu u ubrzavanju reformskog procesa u svim tim zemljama“.