Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are pushing for North Macedonia to adopt the constitutional reform it needs to join the EU club, even though some believe the process to be on the brink of collapse. On Thursday, Austrian Foreign Minister Schallenberg will travel to Skopje with his counterparts from Slovakia and the Czech Republic on behalf of EU Foreign Affairs Chief Josep Borrell, intending to accelerate the implementation of a constitutional amendment that is necessary to advance the EU accession process of North Macedonia. Because North Macedonia is very ambitious, but without constitutional change, all ambitions go nowhere”, Schallenberg stressed, APA reported. The three-country group – Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic- was founded in 2015 in the southern Moravian town of Slavkov (Austerlitz). North Macedonia became an official EU candidate in 2005.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 12, 2023 05:03 UTC