How much longer do you intend to wait outside the EU’s door? As time passes by, despite the enormous effort made, I have no feeling that your country’s image in the eyes of Brussels and the European capitals has improved. How important do you think this is? How focused do you think we are on the High Level Accession Dialogue? Why do you think we have come here to see how you meet all Copenhagen criteria? Do you believe that what we saw happening on 24 December was a sign to us that the most important democratic institutions in your country are weakening? The report is not yet over and you have just contributed to it.

These are some of the questions that EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule raised before the Macedonian Members of Parliament and of the National European Integration Council, provoked by the mutual accusations about whose fault the 24 December incidents was and who is to blame for the election irregularities. He also said all were responsible for the implementation of the political dialogue, Dnevnik reports.

Earlier in his address, he said that with the reforms in the five areas noted in the High Level Accession Dialogue (HLAD), Macedonia demonstrated its readiness to join the EU.