There was no country which had to make harder decisions than North Macedonia. North Macedonia changed its name to become a NATO and EU member. And when the referendum was finished, when Parliament voted for it, NATO delivered, the EU did not, said Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski on Wednesday at the “Open Roads: Balkans Back in Business” panel at the GLOBSEC 2023 Forum held in Bratislava.
That happened because there they invented some kind of veto because of the rule of law and some other things. We began our independence as a country 32 years ago as part of a former larger country.
The PM reminded that the country implemented difficult reforms and therefore the EU, and above all the European Council, must have a clear strategy for the integration of the remaining part of the Balkans that is not part of the European Union.
