Balgarianovinite.com The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, said on Thursday that the refusal of the leader of the opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), Venko Filipce, to take part with him in a leaders’ meeting was “irresponsible, immature, confusing and unclear.” The meeting is to discuss the abolition of the caretaker government, which administers the country for 100 days before elections, and laws related to the reforms needed for North Macedonia’s progress towards the European Union.
In response to a journalist’s question during a visit to Gevgelija, Mickoski said that invitations to the leaders of the parliamentary parties will nevertheless be sent, and that the meeting is planned for January 14.
He said that he would not convene a leaders’ meeting if the government behaved the way Filipce had, because with the parliamentary majority held by the governing coalition, the caretaker government could simply be “eliminated” and there is no need for the opposition’s opinion on the matter.
“We have many laws which, in my view, ought to be discussed within an inclusive process, even though our absolute majority allows us to do so without consulting the opposition. But unfortunately, we have an irresponsible, non-constructive opposition, an opposition without ideas, which uses the kind of labels we heard today at Filipce’s press conference,” Mickoski said.
Asked by journalists whether the planned leaders’ meeting means early elections, Mickoski replied that citizens already gave their support clearly in the most recent parliamentary and local elections, and that the government’s priority is reforms, not new elections. North Macedonia PM Bashes SDSM Leader for Rejecting Talks on Caretaker Government Reform 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-08 17:50:08 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law