Screening report North Macedonia, Cluster 1 - Fundamentals (external version)

European Commission screening report, Cluster 1 Fundamentals (130 pp.), covering judiciary, fundamental rights, justice/freedom/security, public procurement, statistics, financial control and public administration. Programme content (repeated on p. 68, Chapter 23 'EU citizenship rights', and p. 90, Chapter 24 visa policy): description of the investor citizenship procedure (Interior Ministry drafts, Finance and Economy ministries assess the economic interest, security agency checks, Government decides), 121 people naturalised for economic reasons 2005-2022 against 40 negative decisions, the December 2012 amendment, and the recommendation to refrain from systematic investor citizenship. All already in the data (two observations, one event). Nothing new to add. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).