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DPC – EUROTHINK POLICY NOTE: Macedonia Had an Electoral Sea Change – Now for the Hard Part
DPC – EUROTHINK POLICY NOTE: Macedonia Had an Electoral Sea Change – Now for the Hard Part

Author(s): Kurt Bassuener, Ljupcho Petkovski, Andreja Stojkovski
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: DPC Democratization Policy Council e.V.
Keywords: Zoran Zaev; Nikola Gruevski; VMRO-DPMNE; SDSM;
Summary/Abstract: It is difficult to overstate the scale of the electoral sweep of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) party in the October 15th municipal elections. Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s party, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), lost power at the local level across the country. Zaev’s victory, and that of his SDSM, following the June assembly of the coalition which included all ethnic Albanian parties, will reinforce the Zaev government’s control – and political responsibility. What Does This Mean? – The Chance for a. Democratic Reset

  • Page Count: 8
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: English