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"Mr President, the ECR supported the Howitt report on Macedonia. The text calls on the Council to confirm the Commission’s call for a priority date now to be set for EU accession negotiations to commence, and I back this call.
The persistent Greek veto over the name issue has gone on far too long. I believe that bilateral issues should not be an obstacle to Macedonia’s further EU integration as they have been since the country was given candidate status as far back as 2005. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Gruevski, Macedonia has made progress in the fields of parliamentary cooperation, economic development, inter-ethnic reconciliation, decentralisation, human rights and public administration.
The responsible and measured way in which the government has dealt with the recent ethnic tensions between the Albanian community and the Macedonian Slavs in the country is testimony to Macedonia’s progress. The recent International Court of Justice verdict against Greece over Macedonia’s accession to NATO needs to be listened to by the whole of the European Union and respected."@en1
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