Social Democatic Party

After an hour of talks in Skopje, Macedonia's political leaders agreed to honour the snap election deal brokered on June 2 during the visit to Skopje of the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, as a basis for future talks.

Hahn has extracted an agreement on a transition period leading up to snap elections that must take place by next April.

After the executive board of the Social Democatic Party, SDSM, on Thursday unanimously supported the decision not to take up any seats in parliament, the party’s central committee is due officially to confirm the move on Thursday evening.