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Analyses | | Marta Szpala

North Macedonia decides to hold a snap parliamentary election

Following negotiations with leaders of parliamentary groupings and President Stevo Pendarovski, Zoran Zaev, the prime minister of North Macedonia, announced on 20 October that a compromise on scheduling a snap parliamentary election had…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

Accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia a dispute inside the EU

On 15 October, the General Affairs Council (GAC), a body functioning within the Council of the European Union, was unable to reach a compromise on accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. France and most likely also the…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala, Ryszarda Formuszewicz

EU split over enlargement policy

On 18th June the Council of the European Union again postponed the decision to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. Procedural questions linked with Germany’s failure to take a position were the official reason for…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

Macedonia Parliament votes to change the countrys name

On 11 January, a two-thirds majority in the Macedonian parliament adopted amendments to the constitution, which provide for a change in the name of the state to the Republic of Northern Macedonia. Members of the VMRO-DPMNE opposition…