Skopje, 16 July 2022 (MIA) - Parliament enters day three of the debate on the negotiating framework for the opening of the country's accession negotiations with the EU, proposed by the French EU presidency in late June. Tensions were high in the past two days of the parliamentary debate. Opposition MPs have been making noise by blowing vuvuzelas while ruling MPs have the floor. There were also instances of deputies trading blows and accusations. Three MPs are left to have the floors according to the schedule before Parliament turns to deciding over the information on the content of the proposed negotiating framework for the accession negotiations of North Macedonia with the EU. Opposition MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and Levica demand that the proposal is rejected insisting that it would pave the way for the Macedonian people to be assimilated and the country's EU integration process to be hindered for years by Bulgaria. According to the ruling majority, the negotiating framework offers inviolability of the Macedonian identity and language and the opening of negotiations for full-fledged membership into the Union. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski addressed MPs on the first day of the parliamentary debate saying that under the offered proposal, the Macedonian language is recognized and accepted by the EU as unique and insisting that he won't deviate from the red lines. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was in Skopje this past Thursday to address Parliament before it opened the parliamentary debate on the French proposal, yesterday tweeted: There can be no doubt that the Macedonian language is your language. We fully respect that. People have been protesting in front of Parliament during the parliamentary debate against the French proposal. Tents have been erected and the street in front of the legislative house in Skopje has been closed off for traffic. After the debate is concluded, MPs should adopt conclusions, i.e. guidelines that will be forwarded to the government.