Tag: ep
Macedonia 01.06.23 | 22:06

Kovacevski-Metsola: EP strongly supports continuation on European path

Macedonia’s EU integration was in the focus of the meeting of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, at the sidelines of the Second European Political Community Summit in Chisinau on Thursday. EP President Metsola voiced strong support to Macedonia...
Macedonia 18.05.22 | 13:32

New EU report on Macedonia warns against leaving the country on the back burner indefinitely

The European Parliament will discuss Macedonia’s progress report today. The report is prepared by Bulgarian MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk and notes political and economic developments in Macedonia, as well as the risks of keeping the country out of the EU integration process with no end in sight. The report...
Macedonia 09.10.20 | 14:08

EU criticism of Bulgaria reopens the issue of its Macedonian minority

A side effect of the criticism that Bulgaria is facing in the European Parliament, sparked by protests at home over corruption and violations of the rule of law, is that the country is also urged to finally recognize Macedonian cultural and political organizations. Bulgaria has refused to allow such...
Balkans 15.11.19 | 09:53

V4: Oliver Varhelyi says that EU’s credibility depends on enlargement toward the Western Balkans

EU should start accession talks with Albania and Macedonia as soon as possible because its credibility depends on it, said Hungarian EU commissioner-designate Oliver Varhelyi, who is nominated to lead the enlargement portfolio, the V4 news agency reported. Speaking before the European Parliament, Varhelyi...
Macedonia 04.11.19 | 10:08

EP Speaker Sassoli visit Macedonia to assure us that the French veto will be overcome soon

The newly elected President of the European Parliament, Italian socialist David Sassoli, visits Macedonia today in his first international trip – a move meant to express solidarity after France blocked the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia. Italy strongly supports the Zaev Government...
Macedonia 24.10.19 | 10:02

Amendments proposed to delete that Macedonia was blocked by France, Denmark and the Netherlands

A total of 17 amendments have been proposed to the joint European Parliament resolution to be voted at noon. The resolution calls on member states to show responsibility for Macedonia and Albania and to unanimously make a positive decision to open negotiations at their next meeting, MIA’s correspondent...
Balkans 30.09.19 | 18:24

V4: Final no on Trocsanyi and Plumb

Trocsanyi’s crime was that he helped the government to protect Hungary from migration, Hungary’s Government said after the final decision of the European Parliament’s (EP) legal affairs committee (JURI), rejecting the nomination of Laszlo Trocsanyi as EU Enlargement Commissioner. JURI...
Balkans 26.09.19 | 21:59

V4 on the vote against Trocsanyi: Political witch hunt in the EP

Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer has described the hearing of commissioner-designate Laszlo Trocsanyi and the decision of conflict of interest as a political witch hunt, reports the V4 news agency. The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs has found a conflict of interest between Laszlo Trocsanyi’s...
Macedonia 30.05.19 | 17:15

European Parliament to elect new rapporteurs for Macedonia in the fall

The new composition of the European Parliament will elect new rapporteurs for the Western Balkan countries in the fall, current rapporteur for Serbia David Mcallister informed. He said that following the European elections, the EP’s Foreign Policy Committee got many members, while some of the...
World 26.05.19 | 18:44

European elections turnout higher compared to 2014, results begin to trickle in

Turnout in the on-going European elections seems to be overall higher than during the 2014 elections. Especially in some large migrant cities, such as Berlin and Brussels, long lines were reported in front of the embassies of Poland, Romania and other high emigration countries. Hungary, France, Estonia...

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