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Through multipartite consensus, the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted important amendments to the Law on Parliament. To strengthen institutional checks and balances, the amended law foresees that parliamentary staff will be more independent from the public administration and paid commensurate with their work. The law also contains measures to bolster the professionalization of the parliamentary services.  CCM, along with the NDI North Macedonia, Institute for Democracy 'Societas Civilis' Skopje, Embassy of Switzerland in North Macedonia through the Swiss Parliamentary Support Programmme , continues to support this institutional reform.