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Hahn (l) with Gruevski in the latter's time as prime minister of Macedonia (Photo: European Commission)

EU to Macedonia: 'Stop playing with fire'

The EU has once again urged Macedonia to let Albanian parties join a new government and to stop “playing with fire” on ethnic hate speech.

“In a democracy, everyone must acknowledge parliamentary majorities … We therefore encourage the president to reconsider his position urgently”, EU enlargement and neighbourhood commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Tuesday (21 March) in Skopje.

He said that anti-Albanian protesters had the right to freedom of assembly and expression, but said t...

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