Brussels, 01/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration adopted after its first meeting on 30 and 31 March in Skopje in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the EU/FYROM joint parliamentary committee urged for Macedonia to have candidate country status for European Union membership during the European Summit in December 2005. The prospect of candidate status would encourage the country to achieve further results in the reform process and “strengthen stability in the...