Skopje – The state won’t retreat from the reforms, and though residents are weary of the whole course of and unjustly we’re within the EU ready room, the one strategic purpose for all stays membership within the European Union, mentioned Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, after receiving copies of the European Fee’s Report on North Macedonia for 2024 from the Euro Ambassador Mihalis Rokas this afternoon.
At a joint press convention with Euro Ambassador Rokas after receiving the copy of the Report, Mickoski assessed that the doc offers a sensible image of the circumstances and the general readiness of the nation in reaching European guidelines and requirements.
– One should realistically method issues and realistically talk about the widespread challenges we face as a state. Even with out this report, as the top of the Authorities, I do know that residents dwell onerous and that we want important steps ahead, key reforms and what maybe represents a key precedence for me – the battle in opposition to corruption. Nonetheless, it’s good when quantification and an actual image of the circumstances are obtained, mentioned Mickoski.
He emphasised that he’s inspired by the truth that the European Fee acknowledges the efforts of his Authorities to battle in opposition to corruption, which, as he identified, was not the case within the earlier report.
– We have now no time to lose. All of us anticipate much more work, as a result of the reforms and the European path are a long-term and complete course of. Subsequently, I guarantee you that we, as the brand new Authorities, are working intensively and dedicatedly to enhance circumstances in all areas, particularly in these areas of residing the place the issues and weaknesses of the system are biggest, mentioned Mickoski, emphasizing that there can be no deviation from the reforms, as a result of they’re the one method to enhance the lives of residents and strengthen Macedonia’s file on the trail to EU membership.
The Euro Ambassador Rokas, for his half, emphasised that it will be significant that there isn’t any report of backsliding on this Report and identified that along with the Authorities’s representatives, they’ll dedicate themselves to reaching higher progress.
– The report comes at a great second, only one week after the adoption of the reform agenda by the European Fee and following the go to and the president (of the EC, Ursula) von der Leyen, who reminded that this is a wonderful reform agenda. Now we now have a whole image of what the Authorities has permitted and we now have the Progress Report. This could be a platform on which we are able to work collectively within the coming yr, mentioned Rokas. (October 30)
