I expect the report of the European Commission on Macedonia’s progress that will be released in October to be positive bearing in mind that the country has done a lot in the process of carrying out its responsibilities undertaken with the High-Level Accession Dialogue, said EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule after meeting Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Skopje Monday.

“A few times before, based on the report on realized responsibilities, the EC recommended the member states to set Macedonia a date for opening membership negotiations. This year, there is no doubt that a lot has been done in carrying out reforms within the framework of the High-Level Accession Dialogue between Macedonia and the EU,” Commissioner Fule stressed answering a reporter’s question whether a positive repot from the EC would have meant starting membership negotiations with the EU had it not been for the name issue with Greece.