Today, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE announced that MPs at Parliament will vote for Macedonia’s membership in the European Union and NATO, and called on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev “to use the momentum and immediately, as soon as possible, bring the country into the EU and NATO.”
The party said they welcome the meetings and telephone conversations that Zaev had with the leaders of the more important countries of the international community, where he received support for the reforms, which he promised to implement and should result in Macedonia’s membership in the EU and NATO, as soon as possible.
“Now it’s Zoran Zaev’s move with his government. Now, he has to receive an invitation to join NATO and a date for negotiations with the EU. Now, no one can say that the problem is VMRO-DPMNE, or our international partners from the EU and NATO. VMRO-DPMNE is in the opposition, without the possibility to decide on future government steps, and SDS has a parliamentary majority. The United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and others have stated that they were ready to support the Republic of Macedonia to join the EU and NATO. Zaev said before the elections that within six months we will receive an invitation from NATO and we will get a date for negotiations, something that has always been a strategic goal of VMRO-DPMNE. There is no more room to talk about some unblocking the frozen recommendations. Now everything is in Zoran Zaev’s hands and there is no room for excuses. He has to use the momentum and bring the country into the EU and NATO immediately, as soon as possible. VMRO-DPMNE in Parliament will vote for EU and NATO membership”, reads the statement.
