Zaev shows when referendum on Macedonia's new name will be held

Macedonia's Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, said the referendum on changing the country's name will be held in late September or early October, after the NATO summit on 11 July and 12 July, where referendum modalities and the contents of the question will be discussed. According to Zaev, these modes will be discussed together [...]
According to Zaev, these modalities will be discussed together with political parties and the civil sector. Zaev said the name question would pave the way for Macedonia's EU and NATO integration, which is expected to be called Northern Macedonia.
We expect to complete the integration processes and, first of all, 11 July and 12 July when and we expect to receive the invitation for NATO membership, immediately after that the state will open the debate, we will certainly set the deadline for holding the referendum, question of referendum, the model of the referendum itself, and everything it has to do with the referendum. The deadlines probably remain the same, the end of September or early October, as we noted. The KSHZ and other experts in the Assembly will also help us to do so, however, in accordance with the procedures that are envisioned, so will decisions” stated Zoran Zaev.












