Commentary
International Relations
Trump’s Second Term a Crossroads for Central Europe – COMMENTARY
6 November 2024
Even if a discursive clash on several political issues is to be expected in the forthcoming election campaign, there is certainly no other future for the “Euro-Atlantic” consensus in North Macedonia.
No one would ever imagine that the much-awaited green light for the start of EU accession talks and the adoption of the NATO accession protocol wouldn’t make the top news in North Macedonia, even though both events occurred in the same, “historic week” – as framed by Nikola Dimitrov, North Macedonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Expectedly, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities appear to be focused on “flattening the curve” – thus sidetracking the accomplishment of the aforementioned foreign policy benchmarks.
As stated by the leader of the major governing party and former North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, the public celebrations will have to await better times.