{"id":31465,"date":"2025-04-23T10:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/31465"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:24:36","slug":"quarterly-brief-rule-of-law-in-view-of-eu-accession-january-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/en\/post\/31465?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Quarterly Brief: Rule of Law in View of EU Accession &#8211;  January\u2013March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2.pdf\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31458 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rule-of-Law-in-View-of-EU-Accession_1-2-pdf-1.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>This brief summarises the key developments related to the rule of law in the context of North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession for the period January\u2013March 2025. 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