Die Parlamentswahlen in Makedonien vom 5. Juli 2006 – Ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg in die Europäische Integration?
The Parliament Elections of 5 July 2006 in Macedonia. A Milestone on the Way to European Integration?

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the parliamentary elections of 5 July 2006 in Macedonia with a special focus on the contesting political parties and the electoral campaign. While the poll largely met international organisations’ commitments for democratic elections, instances of violence and intimidation during the first half of the campaign and on election day – mostly in Northwest Macedonia – cast a shadow on otherwise generally well-administered elections held in a competitive environment. As a result of the poll, the outgoing government led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and the Democratic Union for Integration, together with the other parties of the Coalition “For Macedonia Together”, lost the elections. It is now the task of the opposition and of VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski to form a new government.

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