SKOPJE, Macedonia – Talks among Macedonia's four major parties on a national election date have hit a snag, with the main opposition party rejecting the proposed date of April 24.
Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev told reporters Saturday that negotiations have failed, saying his party cannot accept an April 24 vote without a revision of the electoral roll and media reform.
The two ethnic Albanian parties have agreed to that date.
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is calling Zaev's refusal irresponsible, but European Union enlargement commissioner Johannes Hahn, who is mediating the talks, says the deal is not yet dead.
Macedonian parties agreed to hold a vote two years early following a wiretapping scandal. Gruevski has promised to step down and have an interim premier sworn in 100 days before the chosen election date.
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