The completion of the reform processes and the resolution of the name issue with Greece should unfold in parallel so Macedonia could attain its strategic goal – the European integration, said Teuta Arifi, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs at the Thursday meeting of the parliamentary committee on European affairs.

There is no time to waste awaiting the report of the European Commission and as many recommendations as possible of Stefano Sannino, Director General of the Directorate General for Enlargement, laid out during his recent visit to Macedonia, should be realized, Arifi said.

“Most recommendations are being realized or are in their closing stage. According to the dynamic I am trying to impose, we intend to fulfill our responsibilities by 5 September so they can enter the European report,” Arifi says.

The recommendations were addressed to the ministries of interior, justice, and local government and the Secretariat for the Framework Agreement.

The name issue, as the Deputy Prime Minister says, has to be resolved for it is holding Macedonia outside of NATO and the EU.