Greece tells Macedonia it must ‘accept European values’

Evangelos Venizelos, the foreign minister of Greece, which held the EU Presidency, January-June 2014, said on the 21 January 2014 that the main obstacle to Macedonia’s EU membership was the country’s lack of respect for European values.

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ESO: Background information: Meeting with leader of the Macedonian opposition Zoran Zaev http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-meeting-with-leader-of-the-macedonian-opposition-zoran-zaev/

ESO: Background information: Macedonia’s ethnic Albanians lose patience over EU accession talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/macedonias-ethnic-albanians-lose-patience-over-eu-accession-talks/

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