Monthly Archives: June 2022

Protest in Front of Government Against French Proposal

Several citizens gathered in front of the Government to express their dissatisfaction with the so-called French proposal to unblock European integration for North Macedonia. Attendees, organized through social networks, believe that the proposal is based on Bulgarian demands and is to the detriment of Macedonian national interests. They came to the protest with Macedonian flags, flags with the sun from ...

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Kovacevski: Clear Formulation for Protection of Macedonian Identity Crucial

Kovacevski on his Facebook page once again confirmed that the Government has not formally received a proposal that is harmonized at the level of all 27 member states, and that any solution will have to be consulted with the institutions of North Macedonia. “Whatever the final harmonized text of the French proposal, I point out that, for it to be ...

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Varhelyi Welcomes GERB Decision to Support “French Proposal”

EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi on his Twitter account welcomed the decision of the former Bulgarian Prime Minister and chairman of the opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), Boyko Borissov, to support the “French proposal” to unblock the EU integration process of North Macedonia. “We thank the leader of the opposition GERB Boyko Borissov ...

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Kovacevski, Vucic and Rama to Go to Brussels for EU-Western Balkans Summit

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski will attend the EU Summit in Brussels after all. He confirmed that together with the other two leaders of the Open Balkans, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, had decided to attend the EU-Western Balkans summit on 23rd and 24th June. “We have decided that we should, before the friendly countries, which ...

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Kovacevski: Final Decision Tomorrow on Participation in EU-WB Summit

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski informed that a final decision will be made Wednesday on participation in the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels. “In anticipation of the upcoming EU-Western Balkans summit, today we held an extraordinary meeting in the Open Balkans together with my colleagues Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama. We talked about the national positions of each of the countries, ...

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Meeting of EU General Affairs Council on EU Enlargement

The Ministers of European Affairs are holding a meeting in Luxembourg, where one of the main topics will be the enlargement of the Union and, above all, the future of the candidacies of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. According to correspondent from Brussels, several EU member states, such as Croatia, Slovenia and Austria, announced before the start of the Council that ...

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Osmani: “French Proposal” Has Not Been Received So Far

“Formally, no “French proposal” has been received so far as a possible solution to the blockade by Bulgaria, because first the opinions of the EU member states, with which we are in constant communication, are obtained. Hence, there is no possibility for any proposal to be submitted to Parlaiment and/or its bodies. Secondly, eventual protocol, which is mentioned as a ...

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Politico: Von Der Leyen Pro Abolition of Unanimity in EU Decisions

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview with the Brussels edition of Politico that the European Union must be able to respond more quickly to geopolitical developments. “On foreign affairs, I am deeply convinced that this is not sustainable, that the European Union is unable to take a position due to a blockade of critical files,” ...

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Negotiating Framework Expected to Be Approved if Sofia Accepts Proposal

26 European Union member states are waiting for Bulgaria’s response on the French proposal, which to be adopted must go through three phases in four days. “We have prepared a proposal to be presented. Given that the enlargement process itself is in question, we strongly support the EU efforts to start negotiations between North Macedonia and Albania,” said Tanja Fajon, ...

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Kovacevski Welcomes Finnish PM Marin to Skopje

Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovacevski and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland Sanna Marin, who is on a working visit to the country, held a tete-a-tete meeting where they discussed several issues of interest to both countries. The focus of the meeting was the support that the Republic of Finland receives in the ...

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