Kosor said she had arranged the meeting with Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic because his ministry was preparing the final report on Chapter 23, which would be adopted at a government session on Thursday.

"This was the final fine-tuning of the report, and we talked a lot about details. It is crucial that the report should show every detail we did in reforming the judiciary and generally in meeting the benchmarks for the opening and closing of Chapter 23," Kosor said in a statement posted on the government's website.

She said that a lot of work had been done for the benefit of Croatian citizens, adding that a lot of effort had been invested in the report and that an effect had been achieved in the full independence of the judiciary and judicial institutions -- the Judicial Appointment Council, the State Prosecutorial Council and courts.

"It will be a comprehensive report, with several supporting documents. We will be able to say on Thursday that we have completed our work in Chapter 23 and based on that we expect a good assessment from those who will be assessing it," Kosor said, adding that new data would be added to the report until Thursday.

Commenting on Saturday's statement by President Ivo Josipovic, who told the Nova TV commercial television network that not enough had been done, Kosor said that if the President had any proposals she would be glad to discuss with him how to implement particular reforms, Nova TV said. She said that a lot had been done, citing amendments to the Pension Insurance Act and the Labour Act, which Josipovic had not endorsed, noting that many people were in favour of reforms, but would not implement them themselves.