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), abbreviated as VMRO-DPMNE (Macedonian: ВМРО–ДПМНЕ), is a conservative[6][7] and the main centre-right[8][9][10] to right-wing[11] political party in North Macedonia.
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 |
Founders | Ljubčo Georgievski[2] Dragan Bogdanovski Boris Zmejkovski Gojko Jakovlevski[3] |
Founded | 17 June 1990 |
Headquarters | Skopje |
Youth wing | Youth Force Union |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | Your Macedonia |
European affiliation | European People's Party (associate) |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union[5] |
Colours | Red Black Gold |
Assembly | 55 / 120 |
Mayors | 42 / 80 |
Local councils | 468 / 1,333 |
Skopje city council | 18 / 45 |
Website | |
vmro-dpmne | |
It was established as a nationalist and anti-communist party. It has later rebranded itself as Christian-democratic.[2][7][12] 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.[13][14] Nevertheless, it has formed multiple coalition governments with ethnic minority parties.[15] Under the leadership of Ljubčo Georgievski in the 1990s, the party supported Macedonian independence from Socialist Yugoslavia, and led a policy of closer relationships with Bulgaria.[16] Georgievski left VMRO-DPMNE and formed the VMRO – People's Party in 2004.[17]
Under the leadership of Nikola Gruevski, the party promoted ultranationalist[18] identity politics in the form of antiquisation. Its nationalist stances were often also anti-Albanian.[19] 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.[20][further explanation needed] His government also managed to build strong anti-EU sentiments within the country.[21][further explanation needed]