Assembly Republic of North Macedonia

National European Integration Council

Events

Being guided by the strategic determination of the Republic of Macedonia for membership in the EU and being fully supported by its citizens, and in particular taking into consideration the necessary criteria and the obligations taken over by the institutions in charge and all the social entities, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, on its session held on 19 November 2007 adopted a Decision Establishing the National European Integration Council (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No.140/2007).

On the Session held on 6 July 2011, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia adopted a Decision Amending the Decision Establishing the National European Integration Council (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 91/2011).

The Council has Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, 15 Members and 9 Deputy Members: 9 members from among the MPs, who have heir Deputies and 6 Members coming from other institutions: Vice Prime Minister on European Integration, Representative from the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Macedonia , Representative from the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts, Community of the Local Self-Government Units and from the Journalists Association of the Republic of Macedonia. These six members participate in the work of the Council, having no right to vote.

The Chairperson of the Council comes from among the MPs who are in the Opposition, and the Deputy Chairperson from the ruling parliamentary parties.

Members and Deputy Members of the Council: three Members and three Deputy Members are from the MPs who are in the Opposition; three Deputy Members are from the MPs of the ruling parliamentary parties.

Ex officio members are: the Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee and Co-chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU, and Ex officio Deputy members are: the Deputy Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee, Deputy Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee and one of the Deputy chairpersons of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU.

The manner of work, the rights and the obligations of the chairperson, the deputy - chairperson and members of the Council, the publicity of the work and the expert, administrative and other logistics of the Council are regulated by the Rules of the National Council adopted on 25 October 2011.

The Council brings its decisions by reaching consensus from among the present MPs having the right to vote.

The sessions of the Council are public. The Chairperson of the Council or at least one third of the members can propose the Council to work in camera Council should accept the proposal by consensus.

Chairperson:	NIKOLA POPOSKI
Deputy Chairperson:	IVANA TUFEGDZIK
Members:	1. TANJA KOVACEV
	2. ILIJA NIKOLOVSKI
	3. SHPRESA HADRI
	4. ILIJA DIMOVSKI
	5. EMIL DIMITRIEV
	6. AFRIM GASI
	7. ARTAN GRUBI
	8. ANTONIJO MILOSOSKI
	9. SONJA MIRAKOVSKA, co-chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU
	10. Bujar Osmani, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia on European Affairs
	11. Aleksandar Spasov, PhD – “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University, Representative of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Macedonia
	12. Bojan Maricic, EU Advisor on EU Integration and Urgent Reform Priorities, Representative of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
	13. Academic Luan Starova, Vice President of MANU and Member of MANU Souncil on European Integration, Representative of Macedonian Academy on Science and Art
	14. Zlatko Marin, Mayor of Municipality Ilinden, Representative of the Union of the Self – Governance Units
	15. Mladen Chadikovski, Representative of the Union of the Journalists of Macedonia
Deputy Members:	1. MAJA MORACANIN
	2. BLAGOJCE TRPEVSKI
	3. SURIJA RASIDI
	4. VLADIMIR GJORCHEV
	5. ELIZABETA KANCHESKA-MILEVSKA
	6. FADIL ZENDELI
	7. VESEL MEMEDI
	8. MAGDALENA MANASKOVA
	9. Deputy chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Macedonia and the EU Representatives: Antoni Pishev, Chair of the Assembly of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Macedonia Daniela Arsovska, Chair of the Council of Chambers of Commerce of the Republic of Macedonia Risto Ajtov – Chair of the Syndicate of Defence and Security of Macedonia Blagoja Ralpovski – Chair of the Confederation of Free Syndicates Union on Independent and Autonomous of Macedonia SAVKA TODOROVSKA - Civil Platform of Macedonia BOBAN MITEVSKI - Macedonian Orthodox Church Shinazi Memeti, Islam Religious Community Dragan Georgievski, Catholic Church of the Republic of Macedonia Viktorija Zafirof, Evangelic Methodist Church of Macedonia Jewish Community of the Republic of Macedonia