Enthusiasm for EU membership cools

A challenge to Macedonia’s establishment

As Macedonians mobilise and discover new ways to challenge the 20-year rule of a corrupt government, parliament has been forced to cancel this month’s election.
by Jean-Arnault Dérens and Laurent Geslin
“Control Macedonia, and you control the Balkans,” said Arsim Zekolli, former Macedonian ambassador to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. That evening, from the nearly empty café in its old Ottoman bazaar, Skopje looked like the sleeping capital of a state facing a severe (...)

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