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Macedonia: the committee may not be enough for Brussels (Photo: Martin Schroeder)

Macedonia's painful road to political dialogue

After 15 days of fighting and insults, the two main political parties in the Macedonian parliament decided on Thursday (July,15) to set up a parliamentary investigation committee to clarify a violent incident that occurred in the assembly on 1 July. They have not yet agreed on the parliament's rules of procedure, however, in a deal which will be essential if Macedonia wants to get a positive assessment on political dialogue in the country from the EU Stabilization and Association Council whic...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Macedonia: the committee may not be enough for Brussels (Photo: Martin Schroeder)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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