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"en.20160309.33.3-558-000"2
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"Mr President, Macedonia is a small landlocked country with internal political tensions that would indeed greatly benefit, as a country, from further Euro-Atlantic integration. The interim government in Macedonia shares my view and is keen to pursue its rightful membership of the European Union in order to progress and to advance its economy. We need to strongly support the candidacy of Macedonia, calling on Member States with concerns to find ways of seeking solutions and compromise, particularly over the vexed name question. In the ongoing migration crisis, Macedonia is facing huge pressures and it has also now got elections in June. All these things are particularly delicate, particularly given the inter-ethnic relations, which have always been fragile in this small country.
Accession negotiations with Macedonia have been stalled now for far too long, and we should not waste any more time in beginning what will be another lengthy process. As its neighbours in the Western Balkans move ahead, I do not want to reach a future point in which Macedonia is still only a candidate country surrounded by states which are all in the European Union."@en1
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