North Macedonia parliament dissolves, sets poll date, after EU shuns talks

North Macedonia's parliament dissolved itself on Sunday and set April 12 fo...

SKOPJE - North Macedonia’s parliament dissolved itself on Sunday and set April 12 for an early election, eight months ahead of the end of the current term, in what is seen as a major test for the pro-EU policies of former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s Social Democrats.

The move, endorsed by 108 deputies in the 120-seat parliament, follows Zaev’s resignation last month that came after the European Union failed to give his country a date to start talks on joining the bloc. “I have signed the decision for early elections on April 12,” Talat Xhaferi, the parliamentary speaker, told deputies.

Skopje had expected to be granted a date to start accession talks after settling a dispute with neighboring Greece by changing the country’s name to North Macedonia from Macedonia. Macron also led a group of EU leaders who ruled out opening talks with Albania.

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