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Macedonian edition of the EU-Lisbon treaty
The Lisbon Treaty officially entered into force in December 2009 after a difficult ratification process. During its initial signing in 2007, the President of the European Commission J.M.Barroso stated that with this Treaty "in this old continent, a new Europe is born", endorsing the Treaty's reformative character. As a candidate country aspiring for European Union membership, this reform treaty is of great importance to Macedonia. KAS in cooperation with the Secretariat for EU-Affairs translated and edited the Treaty into Macedonian, making it accessible and comprehensiveto to every citizen more…
Political Thought
Challenges in Implementing the Rule of Law in Macedonia and the Region
The 32nd issue of Political Thought is fully dedicated to one of the most relevant legal and political themes at the moment and that is the rule of law. The issue includes articles which deal with this subject matter from a theoretical point of view, as well as a number of specific accounts of the challenges generated by the rule of law in the local, regional and even wider context. more…
Van Rompuy encourages Europe
800 citizens listen to the first „State of Europe“ address at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
„Today, Europe’s 500 million citizens have the foundation on which to build a better Europe in the future,” said Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council in the first „State of Europe“ address. Van Rompuy used this address to promote a confident and strong Europe in front of an audience of 800 citizens at the historic Pergamon Museum in Berlin. more…
Political Thought
Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans on the Road to EU and NATO
The exchange of experiences and mutual cooperation in the countries of the Western Balkans, countries whose traditions and culture are close and which share similar tendencies in their development, plays an essential role in meeting the standards required for their accession to the European Union and NATO. Guided by the intention to provide the space for an ever wider promotion of the role of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans in the process of its integration in Euro-Atlantic structures, we dedicate this issue of Political Thought exactly to this subject matter. more…
Political thought in civil society
Political Thought has thus thoughtfully accompanied Macedonia (and its neighboring region)on the long and ever complicated process of democratic transformation and Europeanisation. This is the very reason that we have chosen a topic for this anniversary issue that has been central to all previous editions of Political Thought throughout these seven years, but never exclusively dealt with, a topic that represents the very foundation of every democratic regime: civil society. more…
