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North Macedonia EU accession talks

Entities: Spain · North Macedonia · Fernando Mariano Sampedro Marcos · Timco Mucunski · Antonio Miloski

Overview

In late July 2026, North Macedonia’s foreign trade minister Timco Mucunski defended the country’s EU accession negotiations on social media, rebuking former foreign minister Bujar Osmani for alleged distortions. He then met Spain’s state secretary for EU affairs, Fernando Mariano Sampedro Marcos, thanking Spain for its support and stressing that the accession process must be merit‑based, predictable, and equal for all candidates.

The following day, parliamentary speaker Antonio Miloski held a similar meeting with the same Spanish official. Miloski expressed gratitude for Spain’s active role in EU enlargement and asked Madrid to help resolve the lingering bilateral dispute with Bulgaria, urging Spanish backing for Macedonia’s full EU membership. He framed accession as a win‑win for a united Europe and linked Macedonia’s EU path to that of Ukraine and Moldova.

Timeline

  1. 5 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    North Macedonia's Miloski seeks Spanish backing to break EU accession deadlock

    North Macedonia's Antonio Miloski met Spain's EU secretary, seeking Madrid's support to resolve the Bulgaria dispute and to unblock Macedonia's EU accession, emphasizing merit‑based enlargement.

  2. 5 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    North Macedonia Foreign Trade Minister Timco Mucunski Defends EU Accession Negotiations

    North Macedonia’s Timco Mucunski rebuked ex‑minister Bujar Osmani over EU talks and met Spain’s EU envoy to stress a merit‑based accession process.

Sources

novamakedonija.com.mk · shenja.tv · zhurnal.mk · zurnal.mk