There is still a lot of work that needs to be done and the report on Macedonia’s progress that the European Commission should release in November is going to reflect the achieved progress, EU Ambassador Erwan Fouere said Wednesday after the working breakfast organized by Deputy Prime Minister Vasko Naumovski, attended also by the ambassadors of the EU member states. According to Fouere, it is evident that there are weak spots yet he hopes that the Government has sincere intention to overcome them as soon as possible.

In the run-up to the EC report, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Deputy Prime Minister Vasko Naumovski are going to have a meeting with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule in Brussels Thursday at which he is expected to reiterate that in addition to the good assessments of the EU officials, the resolution of the name issue remained crucial in setting a date for opening membership negotiations.

President Gjorge Ivanov paid a visit to Brussels last week. European Union President Herman van Rompuy told him that without a resolution to the name issue, the European Council will not be in a position to guarantee a start of membership negotiations.