Skopje, 21 March 2023 (MIA) - The process of joining the EU is not a process of one person, nor of one political party, nor is it a process of one government, but it is the obligation and responsibility of all political parties in the country, especially those represented in the Parliament - to achieve the strategic interests of the country by supporting the necessary decisions, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said Tuesday in response to a reporter's question on how the government will secure the necessary two-thirds majority to change the Constitution.

"Constitutional amendments are one of the decisions that must be taken with a two-thirds majority for full-fledged EU membership. Then other decisions follow, decisions related to judicial reforms, reforms in prosecution, decentralization, as well as other legal decisions should be made with a two-thirds majority. For the first time in 22 years, we had a Stabilization and Association Council that was held in Skopje, at which clear messages were sent by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Borrell, and the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Varhelyi, who said that the negotiating framework, which includes the obligations and criteria for accession of our country to the EU, have been passed by 27 EU member states," said Kovachevski. 

He called on all political parties to support the country's path with real decisive steps and decision-making, not just declaratively.

"It is everyone's responsibility to continue the country's path towards the EU. Decisions concerning the strategically important directions of the state, such as EU membership, should not be the subject of daily politics, but on the contrary, they should be the subject of social consensus, as they were in Croatia and Slovenia when they joined the EU. And that's why I believe that we have the democratic and political capacity to make all the necessary decisions, because this is not the last, but rather the first of a series of decisions that are taken by two-thirds in the Parliament that will have to be taken until the country's full-fledged EU membership," Kovachevski pointed out.