Albanian Parties may potentially become kingmakers in forming the next Macedonian government
Complex and possibly futile negotiations lie in wait after inconclusive election results.
Perspectives | North Macedonia2016.12.14
Now VMRO, for the first time, would need the seats of a coalition partner, and will have to be more amenable to their demands.
Any party that decided to join a coalition with VMRO would be sure to lose more supporters, and possibly become a party of the past in the local elections in 2017.
Lura Pollozhani
Lura Pollozhani is a researcher at the University of Graz, researching social movements in the Western Balkans as well as EU enlargement. Her other research interests include generation Z, radicalization, citizenship practices in divided societies and democratization. She completed her PhD in Law and Politics at the University of Graz, while she was awarded an MSc in European Studies: Ideas and Identities at the LSE.
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