A country by any other name: MEPs welcome Macedonia EU bid

MEPs have reiterated their view that Macedonia’s ongoing name dispute with Greece should not obstruct the country’s EU accession bid, reports the Sophia Echo.

The paper says a report on the issue, by Dutch MEP Erik Meijer, was adopted at parliament’s plenary in Strasbourg  by 601 votes in favour, 52 against and 30 abstentions.

The report welcomes the Macedonian government's achievements “in the implementation of the Ohrid framework agreement”, which deals with the political aspects of inter-ethnic relations in the country, while noting the “continuing discrimination against the Roma community”.

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