- MEP Agelika Beer says in her interview with Nova Makedonija she will not be surprised if Macedonians turn Euro-skeptics. She says she is afraid that the harsh criticisms concerning Macedonia's failure to meet certain political criteria and the double standards demonstrated in the latest EC progress report may make Macedonians renounce their European spirit. She also cites Romania and Bulgaria, already EU member states with grave internal problems, as examples of the EU's employment of double standards.