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It also envisages conditions for fair and demo- cratic local elections and peaceful cohabitation of all ethnic minorities.
The first package of reforms should be completed by the local elections planned to be held in Octo- ber, the government said.
The second reform package is due to be finished within six months, specifically by the Decem- ber European Council meeting, and is aimed at showing solid results in several areas that will strengthen Macedonia’s position as a serious EU candidate country.
The third package is expected to be implemented within nine months, before the release of the next European Commission report on Macedonia.
Zaev said that the government will be in close contact with NGOs and will allow the opposition VMRO-DPMNE to take part in the reform pro- cesses.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, who visited Macedonia at the end of June, said that all relevant institutions in Macedonia should focus on the implementation of the reform priorities.
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