Constitutional changes pass in Macedonia: Name change, road to EU, NATO opens

Macedonia's Parliament deputies today have had the point of deciding about the deal with Greece, signed on 17 June this year -- an agreement that should change the country's name in northern Macedonia.

After several days of discussion in the Assembly, and a failed referendum, MPs today decided that this agreement would pass by 80 votes” for “, 39 “against” and no restraint, Telegrafi Macedonia reports.

Otherwise, discussions in past days on constitutional changes were hot to protect their positions.

The vote today was made for constitutional changes to four provisions of the country's Constitution, where northern Macedonia “ ” and other changes based on the agreement with neighbouring Greece, otherwise known as the Prespa Agreement.

In the country after the MPs voted electronically, the request of the OBRM-PAKAM deputies to be voted on by calling on MPs' names and surnames. Even after this vote, constitutional changes were approved.