VMRO-DPMNE
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The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (Macedonian: Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за македонско национално единство), often simplified as VMRO-DPMNE (Macedonian: ВМРО–ДПМНЕ), is a conservative[8][9] political party in North Macedonia and is the main centre-right[10][11][12] to right-wing[13] party in the country.
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Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за македонско национално единство | |
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Abbreviation | VMRO-DPMNE |
Leader | Hristijan Mickoski[1] |
Secretary-General | Gjorgjija Sajkoski |
Vice-President | Aleksandar Nikoloski Vlado Misajlovski Timčo Mucunski Gordana Dimitrievska Kocovska |
Founder | Ljubčo Georgievski,[2] Dragan Bogdanovski, Boris Zmejkovski Gojko Jakovlevski[3] |
Founded | 17 June 1990 |
Headquarters | Skopje |
Youth wing | Youth Force Union |
Ideology |
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Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | Your Macedonia |
European affiliation | European People's Party (associate) |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
Colours | Red Black Gold |
Assembly | 55 / 120 |
Mayors | 42 / 80 |
Local councils | 468 / 1,333 |
Skopje city council | 18 / 45 |
Website | |
vmro-dpmne | |
The party has presented itself as Christian-democratic,[2][9][14] but it is considered nationalist,[15][16][17][18][19] anti-communist,[20][21][22] and economically liberal.[23] VMRO-DPMNE's support is based on ethnic Macedonians with some exceptions. The party claims that their goals and objectives are to express the tradition of the Macedonian people on whose political struggle and concepts it is based.[24][25] Nevertheless, it has formed multiple coalition governments with ethnic minority parties.[26] Under the leadership of Ljubčo Georgievski in its beginning, the party supported the Macedonian independence from Socialist Yugoslavia,[27] and led a policy of closer relationships with Bulgaria.[28] After being accused of being a pro-Bulgarian politician, Georgievski broke off from VMRO-DPMNE in 2003[29] to form the VMRO – People's Party.
Under the leadership of Nikola Gruevski, the party promoted ultranationalist[30] identity politics in the form of antiquization. Its nationalist stances were often perceived also as anti-Albanian.[31] During Gruevski's leadership the party changed from a pro-European and а pro-NATO policy, to a Russophilic, pro-Serbian and anti-Western one.[32][33][34][35][36][37] His government also managed to build strong Eurosceptic sentiments within the country.[38]