Macedonian Prime Minister resigned 24 h

quit Sunday night Zoran Zeev Because of the poor results of the municipal elections for the party of the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, writes MTI.

The Social Democratic Party, the main force in the ruling coalition, failed to get the post of mayor even in a quarter of rural towns, and lost it in the capital, Skopje.

The second round of municipal elections was held on Sunday. The Prime Minister announced in advance that if his party did not win the post of mayor of Skopje, he would resign.

Ze’ev announced at a press conference that he would take responsibility for his party’s poor performance and would resign as party leader. But he added that there is no need to hold early parliamentary elections. This is because, by law, coalition parties can agree on who will be the new prime minister, even without elections.

Hrisztijan MickoszkiHowever, the leader of the right-wing opposition VMRO-DPMNE party said that early elections should be held. The party, led by the Social Democrats, was only able to defeat VMRO-DPMNE in last year’s parliamentary elections, with 62 out of 120 seats.

Zaev has been prime minister since 2017, and under his leadership, the country has a chance to join the European Union because its government has agreed to a decades-old name dispute with Greece to place the northern sign in front of the country’s name. However, the EU has not yet given a free signal for accession negotiations. However, the former Yugoslav Republic, now called North Macedonia, joined NATO last year.