Tag: coalition
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 09:52

BESA party officials meet to decide whether to sink Zaev’s coalition

The BESA party will meet today to discuss whether it wants to remain as part of the SDSM – DUI led coalition, as calls from within the Erdoganist party grow for them to leave. BESA has a growing dispute with DUI as they both fight for the same ethnic Albanian votes. In the local elections, BESA...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 08:55

Zaev resignation watch: Day five

Five days after Zoran Zaev announced his resignation as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader, he still hasn’t submitted it to the Parliament. Zaev made the announcement on Sunday, after his SDSM party badly lost in the local elections. His resignation would mean that the entire Government has resigned. Still,...
Macedonia 01.11.21 | 20:20

Despite electoral defeat, SDSM and their coalition partners insist that they want to remain in power

Even though he announced that he intends to resign as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader, Zoran Zaev today assembled his coalition partners to have them declare their support to his continued leadership. Several of his coalition partners, including top DUI officials, said that they asked Zaev to remain...
Macedonia 01.11.21 | 17:25

Even after he resigned, Zaev is calling on his partner parties to express support for his coalition

Zoran Zaev is holding a meeting of his coalition partners in the Government and, like after the defeat in the first round of the local elections, he is getting them to publicly pledge loyalty to his coalition. Zaev announced that he is resigning as Prime Minister and SDSM party leader after he lost badly...
Macedonia 31.10.21 | 22:41

Taravari: We begin working on a new ruling majority tomorrow

Alliance of Albanians deputy leader Arben Taravari declared victory in the mayoral race in Gostivar by 5,000 votes against his DUI opponent, and said that work to form a new ruling majority in Parliament begins tomorrow. The statement comes as Zoran Zaev announced he is resigning as Prime Minister and...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 17:45

The coalition is stable, Zaev claims

Despite the fact that two key Albanian coalition partners, DUI and BESA, are locked in a fight for control of the largest majority Albanian city Tetovo, and BESA is openly asking for the votes of the opposition in the run-off, Zoran Zaev today insisted that his ruling coalition is stable. I absolutely...
Macedonia 22.10.21 | 18:57

Trajanov: SDSM must sort out issues in party ranks and relations in the coalition

The polls completely failed with the assessments, but the voting is a realistic reflection of the determination of the citizens, Pavle Trajanov from the Democratic Union said. I think that the reasons for the failure of the coalition and SDSM are primarily a result of the internal disunity in the party....
Macedonia 20.10.21 | 12:46

NSDP pledges its continued loyalty to Zaev

The New Social Democratic Party (NSDP) publicly assured Zoran Zaev that they will remain loyal to his coalition, even after the humiliating defeat in the first round of the local elections. NSDP has two seats in Zaev’s coalition which saw the LDP-DOM duo launch independent candidates, as Zaev suffered...
Macedonia 19.10.21 | 14:14

Mickoski convened a meeting of the VMRO led coalition to discuss what comes next after their major victory in the local elections

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski is meeting today with his coalition partners, after the major victory of the coalition in the first round of the local elections. The party leaders are meeting to determine new steps of action for the second round, where several high profile races remain to be...
Macedonia 15.10.21 | 18:26

“The coalition between VMRO and the people will win”

VMRO-DPMNE and the largest coalition we have ever put together in Macedonia – our coalition with the people, will win at the October 17th elections, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski. We may not have Spasovski’s police or Ruskoska’s prosecutors but we have a coalition with the...
Macedonia 04.10.21 | 13:43

Zaev visibly nervous in face of the VMRO coalition with the Albanian opposition parties

During the rally in Tetovo, where he supported the nomination of Teuta Arifi for another term as Mayor – despite her mismanagement of the city that is often left without water and drowns in garbage – Zoran Zaev showed where his main pre-election problem lies. He frequently railed against...
Macedonia 22.08.21 | 18:08

Dimovski: The SDSM coalition is shrinking, while the one led by VMRO continues to grow

The coalition led by SDSM is losing members, while VMRO-DPMNE has potential to grow its coalition for the coming local elections, said former top VMRO official Ilija Dimovski in a Sitel TV interview. SDSM lost some of its closest allies such as the LDP, DOM and DS parties. It managed to bring its main...
Balkans 21.07.21 | 11:36

New coalition shapes up in Bulgaria, mixed messages for Macedonia

The Bulgarian Parliament voted to appoint Iva Miteva from the ITN protest party as its new Speaker with 137 votes. Surprisingly, Slavi Trifonov’s ITN won the support of the DPS party, which represents mainly the Turkish minority in the country, and which was the target of corruption allegations...
Macedonia 28.05.21 | 23:38

VMRO will be open to forming a coalition for the October elections with all parties who share the same goals

At the coming municipal elections in October, VMRO-DPMNE will be open to various coalitions, including with the Levica party, said VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski. The small left wing Levica party was part of the SDSM led Colored Revolution, but broke ranks with Zaev over the imposed name change. It has...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 15:18

Mickoski calls on Zaev’s partners to abandon the coalition after a major promise to them was broken

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the smaller parties that support the Zaev coalition to step out of it, after Zaev broke a major promise to them to support changes in the electoral model that will be beneficial to small parties. Zaev denies key demand from his smaller coalition partners...
Macedonia 04.03.21 | 17:22

One day after confirming Zaev’s cabinet, the ruling majority was again unable to find quorum to hold a Parliament session

One day after voting to keep the Zaev Government in place with a very narrow majority of 120 votes, the ruling coalition was again unable to gather the necessary quorum of 61 votes to hold a session of Parliament. Speaker Talat Xhaferi asked the parties in teh coalition to provide the votes, but his...
Macedonia 26.02.21 | 14:38

BESA angry at Zaev over the reduction of funding for Albanian cultural events

The Albanian language INA news agency reports that the BESA party is considering leaving the coalition with SDSM. BESA holds four seats in the Parliament and could sink the coalition if it turned on Zaev. According to INA, the latest reason for tensions in the coalition is caused by the Culture Ministry....
Macedonia 22.02.21 | 11:13

SDSM insists that the ruling majority is stable after LDP announces it will leave the coalition group in Parliament

The SDSM party insists that its coalition is stable, after the small LDP party announced it is stepping out of the SDSM led group in Parliament. This allows the two LDP members in Parliament to set their own course more freely, but the party said that it will continue to support the Zaev Government....
Macedonia 09.02.21 | 16:02

Zaev’s least reliable coalition partners

With just 62 votes – barely enough to hold a session of the Parliament, let alone advance meaningful legislation – Prime Minister Zoran Zaev faced difficult six months and his job is not about to get easier. His coalition was reduced by seven votes when it came to protecting his Deputy Prime...
Macedonia 14.12.20 | 11:40

Nikoloski: We are in talks with several members of Parliament who are eager to turn their backs on Zaev

In an interview with Republika, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski announced that members of Parliament who are part of the SDSM led majority are in talks with VMRO to bring down the Zaev Government and support a VMRO led one. SDSM has only a two majority in Parliament, and faces a major...
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