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EU encourages Macedonia to form new gov't as soon as possible

Xinhua, February 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) is looking forward to the creation of Macedonia's new government as soon as possible, EU Ambassador to the country Samuel Zbogar told reporters on Tuesday.

According to the ambassador, EU wants the new government to focus and advance Macedonia's EU integration process given that EU integration enjoys the support of all political parties in the country.

"We can see that all political parties support the EU agenda and we believe that exactly this agenda could be the core that could bring together all political parties in the country," Zbogar said.

He added that given the EU agenda would always need broad political support of both ruling and opposition parties, Macedonia needed a strong government to work on implementing the EU agenda.

EU enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn is scheduled to visit Macedonia soon to define how the EU can further support the country. Endit