Tag: coalition
Macedonia 11.08.20 | 11:15

VMRO: SDSM’s coalition announcements last only a few hours before being denied

The meeting between Zoran Zaev and Ali Ahmeti yesterday did not end up with an agreement to form a new ruling majority between SDSM and DUI. Despite the announcement of a deal, both came out of the meeting saying that the coalition is not agreed yet. SDSM’s coalitions last for a few hours before...
Macedonia 10.08.20 | 11:18

SDSM again insists they are holding “serious talks to form a stable Government”

In a press release, SDSM this morning again insisted that they are holding “serious talks to form a stable parliamentary majority that will endure for four years”. Last week the party said that it has reached agreement on the principles of a coalition with DUI, which would put them just at...
Macedonia 07.08.20 | 22:45

Gashi: DUI needs to stay true to its promise that they will secure an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister

Even as DUI and SDSM are briefing the press that they have an agreement on the principles under which a future Government would be led, Afrim Gashi from the Alternative party – which is in coalition with the Alliance of Albanians – predicted that he would be part of the next coalition, but...
Macedonia 06.08.20 | 20:54

Ahmeti meets with Zaev to see if they can restore trust after the bitter campaign

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti met with SDSM leader Zoran Zaev today, shortly after meeting with VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski. DUI spokesman Bujar Osmani said that the latter meeting was held to see if DUI and SDSM can regain trust, after Zaev campaigned strongly against Ahmeti, in an attempt...
Macedonia 04.08.20 | 21:17

Ahmeti says he’s in no hurry to form a Government

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, who holds 15 seats in Parliament and likely the key to the creation of the next Government, said that he is in no hurry to complete the coalition talks. The new Parliament convened today, but could not procede to electing a Speaker as there is no clear majority yet. This...
Macedonia 04.08.20 | 16:23

Mickoski: VMRO begins talks to form a new ruling majority

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party will begin talks to form the next governing coalition. He said that there is no possibility that the candidates elected on the VMRO ticked cross over to support an SDSM Government – on the contrary, he expects votes to move in the opposite...
Macedonia 01.08.20 | 15:35

US Ambassador calls on the parties to get together and quickly form a new Government

Despite the inconclusive outcome of the elections, US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes said that she expects that a new Government will be formed within the provided deadlines, and as soon as possible. Before the vote, Byrnes called on the country to go ahead with the elections, even though many citizens...
Macedonia 23.07.20 | 22:43

Osmani: DUI is open to forming a coalition with either of the major parties

Bujar Osmani from DUI said that the party is open to forming a coalition with either of the main two parties – VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, and reminded the public that the Government is formed by whoever gets to 61 votes in Parliament – not which party won the elections. VMRO and SDSM are virtually...
Macedonia 22.07.20 | 21:19

Vecer: Even odds we end up with a grand coalition or a coalition between VMRO and DUI

The Vecer paper estimates that the odds for a broad coalition and a coalition between VMRO-DPMNE and DUI are even, at about 40 percent each, with 20 percent given to the chance that SDSM continues its coalition with DUI. If the projected results hold, VMRO and SDSM would be virtually tied, and DUI is...
Macedonia 21.07.20 | 21:39

Mickoski tells party leaders that he will work toward a coalition, but not at any price

The VMRO-DPMNE party is holding a meeting of its Central Committee this evening, to discuss the outcome of the elections, and the decision of the Executive Committee to empower party leader Hristijan Mickoski to negotiate a future ruling coalition. Mickoski told the Central Committee that he will work...
Macedonia 21.07.20 | 17:34

Zaev says that he will move quickly to form a new coalition

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev said that he will move quickly in August to put together a new Government. Zaev is currently on a vacation, but he insisted that as the results of the elections are being verified, he will “put together a coalition that will protect the treaties he signed with Greece...
Macedonia 20.07.20 | 22:45

VMRO declares that the elections were held in an undemocratic environment

VMRO-DPMNE held a meeting of its Executive Committee, which decided to empower party leader Hristijan Mickoski to begin negotiations with for the creation of the next ruling coalition. The party leadership points that the elections were held in an undemocratic environment, with “a massive amount...
Macedonia 17.07.20 | 15:53

Zaev goes on vacation, will begin to discuss possible coalitions after two weeks

While other political parties are discussing their future coalitions, SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said that he will take a few days of vacation, and will only begin to discuss a new coalition after Ilinden (August 2). SDSM said that Zaev will remain in the country for his vacation – a no brainer given...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 13:04

So you have an evenly split Parliament. What next?

The unprecedented narrow results in the July 15 early general elections have brought Macedonia to uncharted waters. Never before were the two main parties so even and also so far from creating a stable coalition. Also unprecedented is the inability of the State Electoral Commission to compute the results,...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:52

Ahmeti says he would still like to continue his coalition with Zaev, finish the job they started together

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that ideally he would prefer to continue his coalition with SDSM, pointing at the numerous concessions SDSM made with Macedonian national interests and saying that “we have things we started that should be finished”. But, in an interview with Alsat TV, Ahmeti...
Macedonia 16.06.20 | 20:12

We will not form a coalition on the basis of ultimatums, Mickoski tells Ahmeti

VMRO-DPMNE will form a coalition based on electoral programs, and not on ultimatums, opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said in response to the demands from the DUI party that demands an ethnic Albanian to be named the next Prime Minister. All parties that believe their programs to be close to the...
Macedonia 16.06.20 | 18:22

Mickoski meets coalition partners, pledges to show the difference between VMRO and SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with the partners from the “Coalition for the Renewal of Macedonia” to discuss the upcoming elections, now scheduled for July 15. Following the meeting, Mickoski said that the coalition partners unanimously agreed to participate in the elections,...
Macedonia 11.03.20 | 15:52

Meeting of the VMRO led coalition for the Renewal of Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski convened a meeting of the broader coalition for Renewal of Macedonia, that includes 15 political parties led by VMRO. The meeting followed the presentation of the list of electoral candidates, where many of the coalition partners have designated slots. The full...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 14:23

Thaci: SDSM is losing to VMRO and needs votes from BESA

Menduh Thaci, the leader of the ethnic Albanian DPA party, says that the coalition between SDSM and BESA, which is the first pre-election coalition between what used to be a Macedonia party and an Albanian party, is borne out of necessity. Thaci says that VMRO-DPMNE leads SDSM in the polls, which prompted...
Balkans 03.03.20 | 18:55

Janez Jansa elected Prime Minister of Slovenia

Slovenian conservative leader Janez Jansa was officially elected as Prime Minister again. He received 52 votes in favor, after his SDS party agreed the terms of a new ruling coalition with several centrist parties. We will waste no time and we will begin resolving the problems of our citizens right away,...
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