10 November 2017
In the last week of January, next year, representatives of various political parties, MEPs, EU experts, together with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and representatives of French Parliament and the French government in Paris, will begin the process of mutual dialogue on important issues, which was called “Jean Monnet”, reported […]
1 September 2017
Members of the European Parliament Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, DE), Eduard Kukan (EPP, SK) and Ivo Vajgl (ALDE, SI), met with the Speaker of the Sobranie, Talat Xhaferi, political party leaders and parliamentary party coordinators to discuss current developments in the country and strengthening political dialogue at the Sobranie. The three MPs, as the joint statement […]
14 June 2017
With 503 votes “for” and 113 “against”, today the European Parliament adopted the resolution on the European Parliament’s Special Rapporteur for Macedonia Ivo Vajgl, linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. 45 MEPs abstained on the resolution that recommends Macedonia continue its path towards European integration. MEPs welcome the formation of […]
14 June 2017
Today, the European Parliament in Strasbourg will vote on a resolution on Macedonia, which is the recommendation of Parliament linked to the report by the the European Commission for 2016. The resolution was proposed by MEP Ivo Vajgl from Slovenia, who otherwise is the EP special rapporteur for Macedonia, and was debated on April 5th, […]
2 June 2017
The three MEPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein have welcomed the formation of the new government and have stated that all parties should act in a constructive spirit of reconciliation. They state that after three delays due to a political instability they expect that the European Parliament to vote for the report about […]
2 May 2017
MEPs Eduard Kukan, Knut Fleckenstein and Ivo Vajgl who were mediators for the Przino Agreement, on July the 15th, 2015, today issued a joint statement again calling on President Gjorge Ivanov to respect the will of the Parliamentary majority and urged those politically and criminally responsible for the violent attacks on the Parliament to bear […]
8 April 2017
I have not heard from one person in the European Parliament (EP) who believes that there should be new elections. Accordingly, the position of the EP is the same as the European Commission and Mr. Tusk’s position during his visit to Skopje, said the rapporteur for Macedonia at the European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl in an […]
6 April 2017
Yesterday, European Parliament expressed its concern regarding the political situation in Macedonia at a plenary session where they discussed the report prepared by Ivo Vajgl on Macedonia’s progress in 2016. The MEPs remarked that the situation in Macedonia is very serious and that the deepening of the political crisis jeopardizes the European perspective of the […]
5 April 2017
We can see no justification for the delaying tactics being used in Parliament that hinder the appointment of a new Parliament Speaker and the formation of a government without further delay – said the joint statement by three MEPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein after the meeting with the chief of Macedonian diplomacy, […]
27 March 2017
The rapporteur for the Republic of Macedonia in European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl in his statement for the state news agency “MIA” denied that he had said something in the media about the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, or he had conveyed something that Gruevski had told him during his last visit to Skopje. Still, the […]
25 March 2017
The rapporteur for the Republic of Macedonia in European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl, today, in his statement for the state news agency “MIA” denied that he had said something in the media about the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, or he had conveyed something that Gruevski told him during his last visit to Skopje. “As a […]
25 March 2017
MEP Ivo Vajgl either didn’t understand something or he is intentionally siding with the pardoned criminal Zoran Zaev and his scriptwriters for issuing lies and made up stories, if he has ever given a statement like the one that was published, said VMRO-DPMNE’s reaction to Vajgl’s statement that the party leader, Nikola Gruevski will go […]
25 March 2017
The domestic and international community expect a statesman behavior on part of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia and by the institution President of the state, that will have to allow a new government to be formed, said SDSM. “The Macedonian general public has heard from an MP of the European Parliament, and who […]
24 March 2017
The demonstrations organized in Macedonia are a not so welcoming weapon in the hands of democracy, said MEP Ivo Vajgl in an interview with “Nova TV” after his visit to Skopje. “The focus of this polemic response to the situation is increasingly moving towards an inter-ethnic conflict”, said Vajgl. Regarding President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision not […]
21 March 2017
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the three EU MPs, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein give their support for solving the crisis. They said that the country should look turn towards the future rather than towards personal interests, said Besa movement’s leader, Bilal Kasami, after his meeting […]
21 March 2017
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, together with MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein will arrive for a few hour visit in Macedonia, in a bid to help find a solution to the political crisis in the country. Yesterday, EC spokesperson, Maja Kocijančić, announced that Hahn and the […]
17 March 2017
The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, together with the three MEPs Eduard Kukan, Ivo Vajgl and Knut Fleckenstein will be visiting Skopje on Tuesday, confirmed today the spokesperson for the European Commission, Maja Kocijančič. “As you can see on the agenda, I can confirm that Commissioner Hahn is travelling to […]
3 March 2017
“We call on the President and all the political parties to respect the democratic decision of the citizens of the country and accept any agreed parliamentary majority without further delay, said the joint statement issued by three Euro MPs, Eduard Kukan, Knut Fleckenstein and Ivo Vajgl regarding the current political occurrences in Macedonia. – As […]
25 January 2017
The three MEPs and rapporteurs for Macedonia, Eduard Kukan, Knut Fleckenstein and Ivo Vajgl, together with EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, issued a joint statement, and stated that they recognize the parliamentary elections on December 11, 2016, as an important step in overcoming the political crisis in Macedonia. “This process […]
23 January 2017
Special Rapporteur for Macedonia in European Parliament, Ivo Vajgl on January 10 drew up a draft report for the European Commission on Macedonia’s progress in 2016. The report will be discussed later this month at the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) of the European Parliament in Brussels. In the report, Vajgl recommends the start of […]
