Last fall, EU Enlargement Commissioner noted that Macedonia has made progress towards meeting the eight Copenhagen criteria that have to be fulfilled before membership talks can start, but he noted that the "ninth criterion" -- free and fair elections -- has yet to be met.
Prošle jeseni, komesar za proširenje EU izjavio je da je Makedonija napravila napredak u pravcu ispunjavanja osam kriterijuma iz Kopenhagena, koji se moraju ispuniti pre nego što počnu pregovori o članstvu, ali je naglasio da "deveti kriterijum" - slobodni i pošteni izbori - još nije ispunjen.