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pursued informal coalition talks with the DUI, though as of late February 2017, coalition talks were frozen on the usage of the Albanian language. These talks were also blocked by VMRO-DPMNE President
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over fears of "a loss of sovereignty" to Albanians under the proposed government. A government was finally approved between SDSM and members of DUI and the
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signed in mid-December 2015, Gruevski was required to resign as Prime Minister 120 days before the elections. Assembly speaker
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Statement by Commissioner Hahn and MEPs Vajgl, Howitt and Kukan: Agreement in Skopje to overcome political crisis
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The elections were held in the midst of a political crisis and national protests since 2015. The incumbent
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in April. Protestors, who opposed the election of the first Albanian-speaker of Parliament,
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on 11 December 2016, having originally been planned for 24 April and later 5 June.
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attempted to form a coalition with Albanian minority interest party
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The elections were called as part of an agreement brokered by the
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The Electoral Commission called a re-run for 25 December 2016 in
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in May 2017. SDSM leader Zoran Zaev became prime minister.
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led government, which had been in government since the
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successfully formed a government with members of the
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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Index

North Macedonia
2014
2020
Assembly
For a Better Macedonia
Nikola Gruevski
For Life in Macedonia
Zoran Zaev
BDI
Ali Ahmeti
Besa
Bilal Kasami
ASh
Ziadin Sela
PDSh
Menduh Thaçi

Prime Minister
Emil Dimitriev
VMRO-DPMNE
Zoran Zaev
SDSM
Politics of North Macedonia

Constitution
Human rights
LGBT rights
Language and politics
President
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

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