The Brussels report on Macedonia’s progress that was released last week is riddled with errors. The European Commission criticized Macedonia even concerning matters for which there is ground for criticism. This is the conclusion when making an analysis of the 80 pages that Brussels drafted on Macedonia’s progress. One of numerous errors is to be found in the segment about the protection of intellectual rights, where Brussels wants Macedonia to pass a document which has already been in place for three years, Dnevnik reports.

The EC says that Macedonia should adopt a national strategy and an action plan on intellectual property. However, this document has already been passed and it refers to the period from 2009 to 2012. It can be read in it that the drafting of the strategy is a short-term priority for Macedonia and a condition arising from the Partnership for Accession. The strategy clearly states that in the drafting of the document the authorities had in mind the responsibilities Macedonia undertook with the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the assessment laid out in the report on the country’s progress.