{"id":24731,"date":"2021-11-10T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24731"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:35:58","slug":"zaev-postpones-resignation-continues-to-remain-pm-and-chair-of-sdsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/zaev-postpones-resignation-continues-to-remain-pm-and-chair-of-sdsm\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaev postpones resignation, continues to remain PM and chair of SDSM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoran Zaev will continue to be North Macedonia\u2019s prime minister and chair of SDSM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia).<\/p>\n<p>Last night, the high structures of SDSM decided to officially postpone Zaev\u2019s resignation due to the current situation facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Member of SDSM\u2019s leadership, Pero Kostandinov, didn\u2019t specify the exact amount of time needed for Zaev\u2019s resignation, but he did say that North Macedonia stands before great challenges, which include the long waits in regards to opening negotiations for EU membership.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, Zaev made a public appearance during which he declared that he would step down due to his party\u2019s devasting defeat in the local elections.<\/p>\n<p>His statement, however, remained a statement and was never referred to the Macedonian Parliament as is usually the case in similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/balkan-talks\/2021\/11\/09\/zaev-lost-amid-failure-to-reform-the-system-says-political-pundit\/\">\u201cZaev lost amid failure to reform the system\u201d, says political pundit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/08\/opposition-files-motion-of-no-confidence-in-pm-zoran-zaev\/\">Opposition files motion of no-confidence in PM Zoran Zaev<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/11\/03\/north-macedonia-analysts-zaev-is-looking-to-win-some-time-for-what-comes-next\/\">Analysts: Zaev is looking to win some time for what\u2019s to come<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu24641\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu24617\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoran Zaev will continue to be North Macedonia\u2019s prime minister and chair of SDSM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia). Last night, the high structures of SDSM decided to officially postpone Zaev\u2019s resignation due to the current situation facing the country. Member of SDSM\u2019s leadership, Pero Kostandinov, didn\u2019t specify the exact amount of time needed for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zaev postpones resignation, continues to remain PM and chair of SDSM - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/zaev-postpones-resignation-continues-to-remain-pm-and-chair-of-sdsm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zaev postpones resignation, continues to remain PM and chair of SDSM - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zoran Zaev will continue to be North Macedonia\u2019s prime minister and chair of SDSM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia). 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