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Macedonia water crisis political dispute

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In late July 2026, 2026 severe contamination of drinking water was reported in seven Macedonian towns, with foam observed in the Lepenec and Vardar rivers and the crisis spilling into Skopje. Opposition MP Jon Frčkoski demanded that called for the €5 million earmarked set aside for Independence Day celebrations to be redirected to water‑treatment infrastructure, accusing infrastructure and accused Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and the VMRO‑OKG group of a systemic institutional collapse. Later the same day, the The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) framed the water emergency as a "systemic disaster" on the anniversary of the 1963 Skopje earthquake, alleging that the ruling VMRO‑DPMNE government had destroyed weakened public institutions and driven citizens into hardship. institutions. VMRO‑DPMNE rebutted, claiming saying the opposition was politicising the water supply issue and issue, noting that distribution had been stabilised, while also and accusing the SDSM of protecting a mayor through a coalition with the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI). The exchange highlighted how On 28 July, VMRO‑DPMNE envoy Brane Petruševski criticised the public health crisis had become a flashpoint SDSM‑DUI‑Tarar municipal coalition for intensified partisan rivalry applying double standards in Macedonia. the Gostivar water crisis, alleging they had failed to resolve the town’s contamination. He highlighted that state institutions were now supplying bottled water, re‑using water for technical purposes and planning safe drinking water delivery, while accusing the coalition of demanding accountability only from political opponents ahead of repeat local elections and urging support for Valbon Limani.

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