EU, U.S. Condemn Storming of Parliament in Rep. of Macedonia
- Opposition leaders reject president’s call for crisis meeting
- European Commission, U.S. support opposition, call for dialog
Protestors storm the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia on April 27.
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The Republic of Macedonia’s political crisis deepened as the U.S. and the European Union condemned the overnight storming of parliament by protesters and opposition leaders rejected the president’s call for an emergency meeting.
Scores of demonstrators forced their way into the legislature after the opposition Social Democrats and parties representing ethnic Albanians elected a parliament speaker in a vote that former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s party refused to recognize. The leader of the Social Democrats, Zoran Zaev, was injured, along with Ziadin Sela, a member of the Alliance of Albanians.