Press Release: The Commission recommends candidate status for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The European Commission on 9 November 2005 adopted its Opinion on the application for EU membership of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Commission recommended that the Council should grant the status of candidate country to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Commission considered that negotiations for accession to the European Union should be opened with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia once it had reached a sufficient degree of compliance with the membership criteria.

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European Commission: DG Enlargement: Relations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/fyrom/index_en.htm

European Commission: COM(2005) 562, Commission Opinion on the application from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for membership of the European Union, 9.11.05 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=505DC0562

European Commission: DG Enlargement: 2005 Enlargement Package http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/key_documents/reports_2005_en.htm

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/677, Progress rewarded, next phase of reforms to begin – the Commission recommends candidate status for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 10.11.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/677&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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