Tag: ratification
Macedonia 19.03.20 | 11:52

Spain sends the Macedonian NATO membership ratification instrument to D.C.

Spain is going to deposit its ratification document of the Macedonian NATO protocol to the US State Department tomorrow, and this should conclude the exhausting process of bringing Macedonia into NATO. Spain was the last NATO member state that ratified the protocol, the delays due to the Spanish political...
Macedonia 17.03.20 | 13:53

Spanish Senate unanimously ratifies NATO Accession Protocol

The Spanish Senate ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at Tuesday’s session. The vote took place by video-link due to the coronavirus situation in the country. The Spanish Senate unanimously ratified the Protocol. On behalf of the Government and the Macedonian citizens, let me extend my...
Macedonia 07.01.20 | 16:45

With a Spanish Government in place, Macedonia expects to have its NATO accession fully ratified

Socialist Pedro Sanchez was re-elected as Prime Minister of Spain, after the narrowly divided Congress approved him by a majority of two votes. Sanchez and his coalition partner Podemos had to count on other parties abstaining from the session to achieve their slim majority. Among those parties that...
Macedonia 03.01.20 | 15:53

Parliament prepares to ratify Macedonia’s NATO protocol without waiting on Spain

A proposal to ratify the NATO accession protocol was sent by the outgoing Government to the Macedonian Parliament. Macedonia is still waiting on Spain to ratify the protocol in order to become a fully fledged NATO member, but because of the political crisis in Spain this move has been delayed. Given...
Macedonia 28.12.19 | 17:33

Government accepts VMRO-DPMNE’s proposal for early ratification of NATO Treaty

The government has accepted VMRO-DPMNE’s proposal for early ratification of the NATO Treaty following Montenegro’s example. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia, at Saturday’s session, approved the text of the Draft Law on Ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington...
Macedonia 18.11.19 | 10:21

Lower house of French Parliament to ratify Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol this week

The National Assembly of France will discuss the draft law on the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol on Thursday. The lower house of the French Parliament is expected to ratify the Protocol after the debate, after the Senate did it on October 17. After the French ratification,...
Macedonia 15.11.19 | 19:03

Pendarovski: Parliament’s ratification of NATO accession protocol is a technical, not political issue

President Stevo Pendarovski said Friday he refrains from speculating whether Parliament will reconvene if Spain ratifies Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. This is a technical, and not a political issue, Pendarovski underlined. I suggest that we do not go into further legal implications of...
Macedonia 01.11.19 | 12:58

Zaev: We can’t afford not having Parliament for ratification of NATO Protocol

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev thinks that April 12 should be kept as a date for holding early parliamentary elections, but, he says, leaves room for any changes, primarily due to the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. We need to stick to the decisions, at least to those that we, as...
Macedonia 17.10.19 | 18:39

French Senate ratifies Macedonia’s entry into NATO

It may be blocking our EU accession talks, but the French Senate made a step toward ratifying Macedonia’s entry into NATO. The Senate approved the ratification in its first reading, which leaves it only to be ratified in the National Assembly before France can say it accepts Macedonia as a new...
Macedonia 16.10.19 | 14:45

“Grazie Italia!”: Sekerinska thanks Italian Senate for ratifying NATO Accession Protocol

Italian Senate ratified on Wednesday Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. The Italian lower house Chamber of Deputies approved the protocol, but its ratification in the Senate was postponed due to the political crisis, which was resolved by the formation of a new Italian government. Defense Minister...
Macedonia 18.09.19 | 15:51

Political crisis in Spain may postpone Macedonia’s NATO membership

The political crisis in Spain will likely derail hopes that Macedonia joins NATO in time for the early December summit in London. Spain is yet to ratify Macedonia’s membership into NATO, but because of the inability of its parties to agree on the next Government, it will probably have to hold early...
Macedonia 12.02.19 | 09:27

Slovenia expected to ratify Macedonia’s NATO membership

The Parliament of Slovenia is expected to ratify Macedonia’s accession to NATO today. Speaker Talat Xhaferi is in Ljubljana today and will speak at the Slovenian Parliament. He is also expected to visit Albania on Thursday, when the Albanian Parliament should vote on the accession protocol. Under...

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