(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).
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