Two months before presenting the latest annual report of the European Commission on Macedonia’s progress, newly appointed Deputy Premier for European Affairs Teuta Arifi expects a correct, good and positive report on Macedonia. Even though the situation cannot be greatly changed during this period, Arifi considers that correction and positive wording will also be given by the European Union in this year’s report. In the interview with Dnevnik, Arifi adds that we do not need new qualifiers as we already have enough.

Q: What does a positive report imply, as it seems a bit debatable after everyone interpreted the last report differently?
A: In my view, a positive report is a report that will not contain many criticisms in regard to the recommendation and the internal, political and economic issues, but also in regard to the following of the directives. In regard to setting the date, we all know that this is connected to the name issue.