JEF: Statement on Civil Society Situation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (European Movement International)
(WorldNews Belgium)

(Source: European Movement International) Brussels, 16 February 2017 In the last weeks the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE scaled up attacks on civil society in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. JEF Macedonia and JEF Europe have been directly targeted by these attacks in particular through the so-called Stop Operation Soros (SOS) movement. A few days after the December elections, former Prime Minister Gruevski gave a speech in front of the State Election Commission, threatening CSOs that receive funds from abroad, saying his party would fight...