SKOPJE (Macedonia), October 14 (SeeNews) – The European Commission on Wednesday recommended the opening of accession negotiations with Macedonia in the light of the progress achieved by the Balkan country.
Macedonia has made an important progress and has substantially addressed the key accession partnership priorities, the European Union executive said in a statement.
“The Commission considers that the country sufficiently fulfils the political criteria set by the Copenhagen European Council in 1993 and the Stabilisation and Association Process and therefore has decided to recommend the opening of accession negotiations,” it said.
Macedonia was granted an EU candidate status in December 2005.