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Significance
The scandal may damage his party, the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), which has found itself in the opposition after the May parliamentary elections. The party has sought to rally support by drawing attention to an ongoing dispute over the legal status of the Albanian language.
Impacts
Grubi’s escape will likely further diminish public trust in government institutions.
The language dispute puts the ruling coalition, which includes Albanian parties, in a difficult position.
The Social Democrats may also suffer from an investigation into their former leader Dimitar Kovachevski.
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North Macedonia,
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Hungary,
Kosovo,
United States,
Albania,
international relations,
politics,
social,
constitution,
corruption,
ethnic,
government,
judicial,
language,
opposition,
party,
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