Tag: constitutional amendments
Macedonia 24.07.23 | 12:34

Caca-Nikolovska claims that the responsibility for the constitutional amendments lays with the opposition

The situation in Macedonia is stuck at the moment regarding the constitutional amendments is a relation between the country and the EU, not Bulgaria. The opposition’s attitude is completely unfounded, the Chairperson of the Workgroup on Constitutional Amendments, Margarita Caca Nikolovska claims. “The...
Macedonia 23.07.23 | 14:03

Szynkowski: Next year EU will concentrate more on itself and institutional changes

Macedonia finds itself in a key momentum regarding its EU perspective. It is not our task to tell you what to do. Our task is to share the perspective that it is time to use the window of opportunity you have now because next year it will be more complicated. Next year, the EU will probably concentrate...
Macedonia 17.07.23 | 11:33

Bulgaria doesn’t need to impose new demands – they have the Zaev – Borisov Agreement, the Protocols…

Aided  by diplomats from the EU, Bulgaria implements a new tactic aiming to force the Macedonian opposition to vote for the constitutional amendments Following last week visit by the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, on Monday the so-called Weimar Three, consisted...
Macedonia 07.07.23 | 13:36

MoFA Osmani just revealed another scandal: The Government conducts polls based on unpublicized amendments

It sounds as a genuine political scandal when a Government minister publicly admits that the authorities are polling the public on the constitutional amendments prepared by the Ministry of Justice’s expert workgroup, which are not official, they were not approved at a Government session, and neither...
Macedonia 07.07.23 | 13:03

Beside from having nightmares, Bujar Osmani is becoming obsessed: There are no VMRO-DPMNE MPs who would vote for the constitutional amendments

Not only that he has nightmares, but Bujar Osmani is also becoming obsessed with the constitutional amendments, because there are no VMRO-DPMNE MPs who would vote for the amendments now. It is obvious that the recent scandals about the Ali Ahmeti clan’s  businesses caused serious psychological...
Macedonia 07.07.23 | 12:21

MoFA Bujar Ommani is optimist that the two/thirds Parliamentary majority for the constitutional amendments will be secured

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that there are talks about the constitutional amendments with people in VMRO-DPMNE, part of the party’s ideological wing and people in the parliamentary group. “Yes. However, that’s why I said it is a whole ideological line, people who are debating there...
Macedonia 03.07.23 | 13:04

Osmani: Without constitutional changes, country will go from top tier EU candidate, to joining the group of countries with open issues

The opponents of the constitutional amendments are in fact supporters of the ideas of the Bulgarian extremists, according to which the country’s European perspective should be reduced down to its bilateral relations with the Republic of Bulgaria, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani on Sunday. The...
Macedonia 27.06.23 | 20:49

Xhaferi is prepared to start the procedure for constitutional amendments

The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia is ready to start the procedure for constitutional amendments at any time, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi told a press briefing on Tuesday. It takes 30 days from the moment the motion is submitted to Parliament by the proposer to the moment when the need...
Macedonia 26.06.23 | 12:32

Even firm guarantees from the EU won’t convince the Macedonians to vote for the constitutional amendments

The majority of Macedonian citizens (45.9%) won’t support constitutional amendments even if the EU delivers firm guarantees on the preservation of the Macedonian language and identity, revealed the poll published on Saturday. The percentage of those who would give  their support, provided the...
Macedonia 24.06.23 | 09:20

PM Kovachevski: Government to discuss constitutional changes at a future session, period of talks ahead

The constitutional amendments have been drafted by the working group. They will be on the agenda at one of the next government sessions, after they are ready to be sent to Parliament, with all additional documents. I believe we have time to adopt the amendments, ahead of us is a period for talks, said...
Macedonia 23.06.23 | 20:50

Kyuchyuk: Constitutional amendments in Macedonian parliament in two weeks

The procedure in the Macedonian Parliament over the constitutional amendments to include Bulgarians in the country’s constitution will begin within two weeks, claims Bulgarian Member of European Parliament (MEP) and Macedonia Rapporteur Ilhan Kyuchyuk. “The Government will submit the proposal...
Macedonia 20.06.23 | 12:51

Pendarovski: If the opposition drops the nebulous claims of joining the EU only as Bulgarians, then the 80 MPs are attainable

President Stevo Pendarovski is neither optimist, nor pessimist regarding the constitutional amendments. He considers himself as a realist, with an opinion that introduction of another six ethnic communities to the Constitution won’t damage our Macedonian identity. In his interview with the weekly Faktor.mk,...
Macedonia 14.06.23 | 13:05

VMRO-DPMNE demands Kovacevski to apologize for lying about the constitutional amendments

By lying  so brazenly on the issue of the constitutional amendments, Kovacevski and SDS show how desperate they are. The fact that SDS and Kovacevski are forced to modify and manipulate VMRO-DPMNE’s proposals, reveals the truth they are in a tight spot without the 2/3 majority necessary for the...
Macedonia 14.06.23 | 08:20

Mickoski repeates the same position for almost a year: circumstances must change, Macedonian interests must be protected

For almost a year, since the Parliament adopted the so-called “French Proposal” introducing the Bulgarian diktat, VMRO-DPMNE and the leader Hristijan Mickoski repeat the same position: there will be no constitutional amendments in these circumstances, and that VMRO  – DPMNE will fight...
Macedonia 13.06.23 | 13:47

Erstwhile SDSM coalition partner Trajanov: SDSM statements that Mickoski accepted constitutional amendments are a spin and a manipulation

The leader of the Democratic Union, Pavle Trajanov, until recently a coalition partner of SDSM and DUI, in an interview with Republika described the SDSM officials’ statements that the opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski accepted the constitutional amendments at the leadership meeting as low level...
Macedonia 13.06.23 | 08:10

EU on the constitutional amendments: The EU Council’s conclusions from July 2022 are clear

Macedonia cannot pass into the next phase of the negotiations until the constitutional amendments come into force, the Delegation of the European union in Macedonia informed in a statement on Monday. “The conclusions of the EU Council of the  last year on the finishing of the first phase of the...
Macedonia 12.06.23 | 12:14

Artan Grubi announced that the constitutional amendments process should start by the end of July

The First Vice-PM and Minister of Political System and Relations between the Communities, Artan Grubi announced on Monday morning that the Parliamentary process for amending the Constitution should begin by the  end of July. “There are 120 MPS in the Parliament, not 80. I think that they all,...
Macedonia 11.06.23 | 16:08

VMRO-DPMNE to Kovacevski: Get out of the parallel reality and say which proposal do you accept

Kovacevski lives in a parallel reality, there will be no constitutional amendments under Bulgarian diktat. VMRO-DPMNE proposed solutions, and he still hasn’t answered if they accept it or not, the opposition party pointed out to the PM following his persistent statements that Hristijan Mickoski’s...
Macedonia 11.06.23 | 08:30

DUI won’t accept delayed validity of the constitutional amendments, its Presidency decided

The only way DUI will leave the Government is if the constitutional amendments ;come into force before the Second Intergovernmental Session between Macedonia and the EU, the party leadership decided Saturday night. “By unanimous decision by the Presidency of DUI, the party reaffirmed its position...
Macedonia 09.06.23 | 16:38

Baily: Constitutional amendments solution for EU, US to be disappointed from another veto

Jess Baily, the former United States ambassador to Skopje, says the constitutional amendments are a clear solution for the Bulgarian veto, adding it would be disappointing if another veto emerged further down the road that hinders the European Union path. In an interview with Voice of America in Macedonian,...
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