The European People’s Party (EPP) on its official Twitter account, congratulated Hristijan Mickoski on his election as the new president of VMRO-DPMNE.
Congratulations to Hristijan #Mickovski for his election as Chairman of @VMRO_DPMNE. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia needs a strong opposition within the parliament to jointly undertake the necessary reforms & address challenges along the Euro-Atlantic path.
— EPP (@EPP) December 23, 2017
Yesterday, at the party’s Congress in Valandovo, Mickovski was elected as a new leader of the biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE and took over the position of Nikola Gruevski who was at the party’s helm since 2003. Out of 438 reported delegates at the Congress, 376 have voted for Mickoski’s election while 52 ballots were invalid.
