In a rare optimistic statement, French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier said that he is waiting for President Emmanuel Macron to give the green light for the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. Thimonier spoke a day after the German Bundestag approved the requested October date.

Each country has its own system. We are waiting on our President of the Republic. As always, we share a lot with our German partners on this issue. We have a positive attitude toward your country and toward all the efforts you make in the region. We, the French and the Germans, know that it will take a lot of work for the reforms that are on paper to be translated into reality, Ambassador Thimonier said during his visit to Bitola.