Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen,
Honorable brothers and sisters,
Honorable representatives of the diplomatic core,
Honorable guests,
Dear friends,

The next four years are a great challenge for VMRO-DPMNE and for me, personally.
What we should immediately complete and in what we are behind the schedule, although we have started it 5-6 months ago and at least half of the work has already been done, is complete reorganization of the party, as a party that is in power.
 

GOOD AFTERNOON Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear delegates, Honorable guests, Honorable high representatives of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and religious communities in the Republic of Macedonia, Honorable representatives of the diplomatic core, Honorable Vice-President of EPP, Mr. Peterle, Honorable guests from SDP from Slovenia, from HDZ from Croatia, Mr. Kleppmann from Konrad Adenauer from Germany, guests from the coalition parties from the coalition for better Macedonia, from the Government coalition, but also from the other political parties, as well as from the opposition.
Dear friends,
Dear brothers and sisters,
Good afternoon victorious VMRO – DPMNE.
 

Honorable Members of Parliament,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please allow me, at the beginning of my speech, to take this opportunity to congratulate all the Members of Parliament from the new parliamentary composition on their election, and to wish them every success in their work during the four years to come.
It has been more then fifteen years since the beginning of the transition process in the Republic of Macedonia towards a market oriented and democratic country. However, living in this country is rather difficult nowadays, and democracy is at a very low level. Thousands of people are unemployed and fight against poverty. Corruption and crime have reached unimaginable dimensions, democratic processes are refrained, and a number of young people, failing to see their perspective in this country, have gone abroad.
 

The good news from the Balkans is that the wars which have plagued the region for the past 15 years appear to be finished. The bad news is that there is still unfinished business at hand which, if not handled properly, could lead to more troubles.
Kosovo is still an open question. While the outcome is important, how final status negotiations are handled is just as important. With the decision by Montenegro to become independent now finalized, our friends in Serbia must be treated with dignity, respect and, above all, fairness to avoid a backlash. Those who are guiding this process must also take into consideration neighbors to Kosovo and Serbia and how the final outcome -- whatever it may be -- will affect them.
 

Your Hines, Prince of Liechtenstein,
Esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear friends,

It is my great pleasure and particular honor to share with you my thoughts and ideas regarding the issues we would like to open today.

To be able to respond clearly and precisely to the title of this topic on Europe, which I have the honour to discuss with you today, I believe it is most recommendable to point to several ideas being its component parts. First of all I would like to present an overview of the evolution in Europe, so that then I can continue talking about Europe and its value system, i.e. Europe being a community of same values.