Strasbourg, 23/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 23 May, MEPs called on the member states to open accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) - a candidate country since December 2005 - “before the end of June 2013”.
In Richard Howitt's report (S&D, United Kingdom), which they adopted widely (505 votes in favour, 61 against and 31 abstentions), the MEPs call on the Council to set, “as soon as possible”, a date for starting the negotiations. The Council...