{"id":16215,"date":"2021-06-23T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=16215"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:04:18","slug":"pm-rama-reacts-after-bulgarias-veto-eu-failed-not-albania-or-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-rama-reacts-after-bulgarias-veto-eu-failed-not-albania-or-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Rama reacts after Bulgaria\u2019s veto: EU failed, not Albania or North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t Albania or North Macedonia that failed, but the EU\u201d \u2013 this was the statement made by PM Edi Rama from Skopje, one day after the decision of the EU member states to postpone the date of the first Intergovernmental Conference with the two countries, after Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Union failed, not Albania or North Macedonia. We are an important economic partner to North Macedonia. We haven\u2019t failed, they have failed. It is their home, we want to enter this home, so it is them that decide, not us. We are in Europe, we are surrounded by European borders. The only regret I have is that it would be better for them to tell us; \u2018we want you in our family, but there are certain rules and you\u2019re not ready yet\u2019, because a strange situation is created and citizens in Albania, who trust European officials start to think that there is a problem with our internal politics,\u201d said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Macedonian PM, Zoran Zaev stated that the decision of EU is a great despair for both countries, but also a lack of success on the side of EU politics.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zaev, despite this decision by the European Union, the governments of both countries demonstrate European values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor North Macedonia and Albania, membership into the EU remains the only road,\u201d said the PM of North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>The declarations by both prime ministers were made during the Economic Forum in Skopje, which was held in North Macedonia for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The forum brought together political leaders and the business community from the region, with the goal of building collaborations for regional development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/22\/no-date-for-first-igc-bulgarias-veto-on-north-macedonia-blocks-albania-too\/\">No date for first IGC, \u2013 Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia blocks Albania too<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/18\/the-netherlands-said-yes-to-albanias-first-igc-but-on-one-condition\/\">The Netherlands said \u201cYes\u201d to Albania\u2019s first IGC, but on one condition<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/20\/foreign-minister-xhacka-decision-for-the-first-igc-a-key-step-for-the-reliability-of-eu\/\">Foreign Minister, Xha\u00e7ka: Decision for the first IGC, a key step for the reliability of EU<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t Albania or North Macedonia that failed, but the EU\u201d \u2013 this was the statement made by PM Edi Rama from Skopje, one day after the decision of the EU member states to postpone the date of the first Intergovernmental Conference with the two countries, after Bulgaria\u2019s veto on North Macedonia. \u201cThe European Union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":16216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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