The ruling coalition will have to secure by September 1 the necessary votes in parliament to ratify the border-demarcation deal with Montenegro. Opposition parties meanwhile have not changed their position on the matter. Political analysts in Pristina argue that the remaining period must be used to try and reach consensus. Frashër Krasniqi, spokesman for the Vetëvendosje Movement, the biggest opposition party in Kosovo, told RTK that the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border agreement with Montenegro are damaging, because the first will lead to the creation of a Serb separate entity within Kosovo and that Kosovo will lose 8,000 hectares as a result of the border deal with Montenegro. “This is not only our opinion. The Constitutional Court has announced its ruling on the Association. Experts and residents have expressed their position on the demarcation, so have MPs from the ruling coalition. These facts were proved. Joe Biden visits Kosovo and stays here for a day or two, but our children will have to live with the consequences of these agreements,” Krasniqi added. He also said that Vetëvendosje would continue to intensively reject the border deal with Montenegro both within the Assembly and outside. “In the event the government insists on ratifying the agreement, the situation will become tense and the government will be held responsible,” he added. Pal Lekaj, from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said his party does not support the current version of the border agreement with Montenegro. He also said that the agreement on the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities is not in line with the Constitution of Kosovo. Pristina-based political analyst, Imer Mushkolaj, said the ruling coalition is more focused on securing the necessary votes in parliament than reaching consensus on the disputed deals. “If there are sufficient votes, the demarcation agreement will be ratified, but the question is what this will produce. In addition to the political and social division, it can also have other long-term consequences,” he said.