TIRANA, September 28 – The Macedonian opposition has blocked the adoption of several laws in the Assembly related to the Open Balkans initiative. Agreements on free access to the labor market, cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine and food safety, as well as on electronic communication and identification, have been blocked in the committees of the Macedonian Assembly led by the opposition party, VMRO DPMNE, according to balkanweb.
The chairman of this party, Hristijan Mickoski, said on Wednesday that the proposed laws will not pass for approval in the plenary session until the government informs the opposition about what the initiative is about and what the goal of the Open Balkans is. He said that he is waiting for the Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovacevski, to invite him to a meeting and clarify what North Macedonia wants in a regional group with Serbia and Albania.
“When we get information about the purpose of the initiative and what it brings to our country, then we can sit down and talk more concretely about support or non-support,” Mickoski said.
“I heard in an explanation that the initiative is for good neighborly cooperation, but I often ask the question how two of these three member countries of the Open Balkans are bordered,” declared Mickoski, alluding to Albania and Serbia which are not bordered with each other.
Meanwhile, the Social Democratic League, which is led by the Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovacevski, asked on Wednesday from the VMRO DPMNE to enable them to ratify these agreements. /Argumentum.al
