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N.Macedonia lawmakers may vote on divisive EU talks deal this weekend

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of VMRO-DPMNE, North Macedonia's biggest opposition party holds banners as President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen addresses the Assembly of North Macedonia, in Skopje, North Macedonia, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Lawmakers in North Macedonia may vote this weekend on a French-brokered deal aimed at settling disputes with Bulgaria and clearing the way to long-due European Union membership talks, a parliamentary official said on Friday.

The official spoke to Reuters on the second day of bitter debate in parliament marked by jeering and horn-blowing by opposition deputies, and protesters outside the chamber, during speeches by ruling party lawmakers in support of the deal.

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