(ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 1 OTT - After the referendum in Macedonia on changing the country's name, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, and EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, declared the vote "a historic opportunity for decisively moving the country forward on its EU path", since "an overwhelming majority of those who exercised their right to vote said yes to the agreement" with Greece and "their European path". Results from more than 97 percent of polling stations showed 91.3 percent of voters approving the deal. But turnout stood at just 36.8 percent, a far cry from the massive support the government had hoped for.

"It is for all political and institutional actors now to act within their constitutional responsibilities beyond party political lines", Mogherini and Hahn pointed out, confirming EU's "full support" to the country. Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev needs a two-thirds majority of the 120-seat parliament for the constitutional changes set out by the deal with Athens.(ANSA).