SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced his resignation late Sunday following the heavy defeat of his governing Social Democratic Union in North Macedonia’s local elections. Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the center-right main opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, called for an early parliamentary elections to be held. This is the first time in North Macedonia’s 30-year history that a prime minister has resigned after a defeat in local elections. North Macedonia became NATO’s 30th member in March 2020. Greece’s now governing center-right New Democracy party, which opposed the agreement with North Macedonia, has committed to abide by it, but VMRO-DPMNE still strongly opposes it.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 31, 2021 17:05 UTC