Editing VMRO-DPMNE (section)

{{Short description|Macedonian political party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
| logo             = [[Image:VMRO-DPMNElogo.png|150px]]
| colorcode        = {{party color|VMRO-DPMNE}}
| leader           = [[Hristijan Mickoski]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.biznisvesti.mk/mitskoski-se-obrati-kon-svoite-sopartijtsi-od-vmro-dpmne-eve-shto-im-poracha-video/|title=Мицкоски се обрати кон своите сопартијци од ВМРО-ДПМНЕ: Еве што им порача|trans-title=Mickoski addressed his fellow party members from VMRO-DPMNE: Here is what he told them|date=23 December 2017|access-date=23 December 2017|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808110519/https://www.biznisvesti.mk/mitskoski-se-obrati-kon-svoite-sopartijtsi-od-vmro-dpmne-eve-shto-im-poracha-video/|url-status=dead |language=mk |website=Biznis Vesti}}</ref>
| leader2_title    = Vice-President
| leader2_name     = [[Aleksandar Nikoloski]]<br>[[Vlado Misajlovski]] <br>[[Timčo Mucunski]] <br>[[Gordana Dimitrievska Kocovska]]
| secretary_general = [[Gjorgjija Sajkoski]]
| foundation       = 17 June 1990
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Conservatism]]
 |[[Christian democracy]]
 |[[Macedonian nationalism]]
 |[[Economic liberalism]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Jebb |first=Cindy R. |author-link=Cindy Jebb |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQOJwfvFxzsC&pg=PA65 |title=The Fight for Legitimacy: Democracy vs. Terrorism |publisher=[[Praeger Publishing]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0275991890 |page=65}}</ref>
 |[[Anti-communism]]
}}
| headquarters     = [[Skopje]]
| international    = [[International Democracy Union]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.idu.org/members/ |title=Members |website=International Democracy Union |date=February 2018 |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref>
| website          = {{url|https://vmro-dpmne.org.mk}}
| country          = North Macedonia
| native_name      = {{nobold|{{lang|mk|Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за македонско национално единство}}}}
| founders         = [[Ljubčo Georgievski]]<ref name="Berglund">{{cite book|editor-last=Berglund|editor-first=Sten|title=The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe|date=2013|publisher=[[Edward Elgar Publishing]]|isbn=978-1782545880|pages=621–622|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmtuqFnuDZwC&pg=PA621}}</ref><br>[[Dragan Bogdanovski]]<br>Boris Zmejkovski<br>Gojko Jakovlevski<ref>{{cite book|first=Židas|last=Daskalovski|title=Walking on the Edge: Consolidating Multiethnic Macedonia, 1989–2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RtM_MZlgVcC&pg=PA46|year=2006|publisher=Globic|isbn=978-0977666232|page=46}}</ref>
| abbreviation     = VMRO-DPMNE
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]
| youth_wing       = [[Youth Force Union]]
| european         = [[European People's Party]] (associate)
| national         = [[Your Macedonia]]
| colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|VMRO-DPMNE}}|border=darkgray}} Red<br />{{Colour box|Black|border=darkgray}} Black<br/>{{Colour box|#FECC00|border=darkgray}} Gold
| seats1_title     = [[Assembly of North Macedonia|Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|55|120|hex={{party color|Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Municipalities of North Macedonia|Mayors]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|41|80|hex={{party color|Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Municipalities of North Macedonia|Local councils]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|468|1333|hex={{party color|Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Skopje|Skopje city council]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|18|45|hex={{party color|Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity}}}}
| flag             = 
}}
The '''Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity''' ({{langx|mk|Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за македонско национално единство|Vnatrešna makedonska revolucionerna organizacija – Demokratska partija za makedonsko nacionalno edinstvo}}), abbreviated as '''VMRO-DPMNE''' ({{langx|mk|ВМРО–ДПМНЕ|links=no}}), is a [[Conservatism|conservative]]<ref name="Bakke2010">{{cite book|first=Elisabeth|last=Bakke|chapter=Central and East European party systems since 1989|title=Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFXdiS25N78C&pg=PA79|year=2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|editor-link=Sabrina P. Ramet|editor-last=Ramet|editor-first=Sabrina P.|isbn=978-0-521-88810-3|page=79}}</ref><ref name="PEE">{{cite web|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|title=North Macedonia|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/northmacedonia.html|year=2020|access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> and the main [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Bideleux|first2=Ian|last2=Jeffries|title=The Balkans: A Post-Communist History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jrHOKsU9pEC&pg=PA419|year=2007|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-0-415-22962-3|page=419}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Aili|last=Piano|title=Freedom in the World 2009: The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZVhuV7h5hwC&pg=PA433|date=30 September 2009|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=978-1-4422-0122-4|page=433}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Philipp H.|last1=Fluri|first2=Gustav E.|last2=Gustenau|first3=Plamen I.|last3=Pantev|title=The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: Continuing Democratic Reform and Adapting to the Needs of Fighting Terrorism|chapter=Macedonian Reform Perspectives|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlVVsfDT0mMC&pg=PA170|date=19 September 2005|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-7908-1572-6|page=170}}</ref> to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlVVsfDT0mMC&pg=PA170|page=170|title=The Evolution of Civil–Military Relations in South East Europe: Continuing Democratic Reform and Adapting to the Needs of Fighting Terrorism|chapter=Macedonian Reform Perspectives|last=Atanasov|first=Petar|editor1-last=Fluri|editor1-first=Philipp H.|editor2-last=Gustenau|editor2-first=Gustav E.|editor3-last=Pantev|editor3-first=Plamen I.|date=2005|isbn=978-3-7908-1572-6|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]}}</ref> [[list of political parties in North Macedonia|political party]] in [[North Macedonia]].

It was established as a nationalist and anti-communist party. It has later rebranded itself as [[Christian-democratic]].<ref name="Berglund"/><ref name="PEE" /><ref>{{cite news |date=27 September 2012 |title=Key political Parties in Macedonia |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/who-is-who-political-parties-in-macedonia |work=[[Balkan Insight]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vmro-dpmne.org.mk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192:-15102004-&catid=42:statut&Itemid=77 |title=Вмро – Дпмне |publisher=Vmro-dpmne.org.mk |access-date=30 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="emrrm">{{cite book |author=Eben Friedman |date=2004 |title=European Yearbook of Minority Issues: 2002–2003 |chapter=Party System, Electoral Systems and Minority Representation in the Republic of Macedonia from 1990 to 2002 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |pages=231, 234–236 |isbn=9789004138391}}</ref> Nevertheless, it has formed multiple coalition governments with [[Minority group#Racial and ethnic minorities|ethnic minority]] parties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mkd.mk/makedonija/partii/pobedi-makedonija-so-organiziranjeto-na-ushte-edni-fer-i-demokratski-izbori |website=MKD.MK |language=mk |title="Победи Македонија со организирањето на уште едни фер и демократски избори" |access-date=6 May 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200745/http://www.mkd.mk/makedonija/partii/pobedi-makedonija-so-organiziranjeto-na-ushte-edni-fer-i-demokratski-izbori |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Ljubčo Georgievski]] in the 1990s, the party supported Macedonian independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Socialist Yugoslavia]], and led a policy of closer relationships with Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite book |author=Stefan Troebst |chapter=An Ethnic War That Did Not Take Place: Macedonia, Its Minorities and Its Neighbours in the 1990s |page=78 |editor=David Turton |title=War and Ethnicity: Global Connections and Local Violence |publisher=University of Rochester Press |date=1997 |isbn=9781878822826}}</ref> Georgievski left VMRO-DPMNE and formed the [[VMRO – People's Party]] in 2004.<ref name="db">{{cite book |author=Dimitar Bechev |title=Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=2019 |edition=2nd |pages=124–125, 149–151 |isbn=9781538119624}}</ref>

Under the leadership of [[Nikola Gruevski]], the party promoted [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Arianna Piacentini |chapter=Make Macedonia Great Again! The New Face of Skopje and the Macedonians’ identity dilemma |editor=Evinç Doğan |title=Reinventing Eastern Europe: Imaginaries, Identities and Transformations |publisher=Transnational Press |location=London |date=2019 |isbn=978-1910781876 |page=87}}</ref> [[identity politics]] in the form of [[antiquisation]]. Its nationalist stances were often also [[Anti-Albanian sentiment|anti-Albanian]].<ref>{{cite book |editor=Tom Lansford |title=Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019 |date=2019 |publisher=CQ Press |page=968 |isbn=978-1544327136}}</ref> During Gruevski's leadership the party changed from a [[pro-European]] and а [[North Macedonia–NATO relations|pro-NATO]] policy, to a [[Russophilia|Russophilic]], [[pro-Serbian]] and [[Anti-Western sentiment|anti-Western]] one.<ref>{{multiref2
| 1 = {{cite web |author=Gurakuç Kuçi |title=Hybrid Warfare And The Importance Of Elections In Geopolitics: The Case Of North Macedonia – Analysis |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/24042024-hybrid-warfare-and-the-importance-of-elections-in-geopolitics-the-case-of-north-macedonia-analysis/ |website=Eurasia Review |date=24 April 2024}}
| 2 = {{cite book |author=Irena Rajcinovska Pandeva |date=2022 |chapter=North Macedonia and Russia: An Ambiguous Relationship |editor1=Michael Kaeding |editor2=Johannes Pollak |editor3=Paul Schmidt |title=Russia and the Future of Europe |publisher=Springer International Publishing |pages=145–148 |isbn=9783030956479}}
| 3 = {{cite book |author1=Tomáš Vlček |author2=Martin Jirušek |title=Russian Oil Enterprises in Europe: Investments and Regional Influence |publisher=Springer |date=2019 |page=143 |isbn=978-3030198398}}
| 4 = {{cite web |author=Vassilis Petsinis |title=From pro-American to pro-Russian? Nikola Gruevski as a political chameleon |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/from-proamerican-to-prorussian-nikola-gruevski-as-political-cha/ |date=22 May 2015 |website=openDemocracy}}
| 5 = {{cite book |author=Jasmin Mujanovic |title=Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2018 |isbn=978-0190877392 |pages=115; 162}}
| 6 = {{cite web |author=Aubrey Belford |title=Leaked Documents Show Russian, Serbian Attempts to Meddle in Macedonia |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/spooksandspin/leaked-documents-show-russian-serbian-attempts-to-meddle-in-macedonia/ |date=4 June 2017 |website=Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.}}
}}</ref>{{explain|date=July 2024|reason=Needs more context and to be summarized in the body.}} His government also managed to build strong anti-EU sentiments within the country.<ref>{{cite book |author=Irena Rajcinovska Pandeva |date=2021 |chapter=North Macedonia: The Name in Exchange for European Union Membership? |editor1=Michael Kaeding |editor2=Johannes Pollak |editor3=Paul Schmidt |title=Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=9783030412722 |page=107}}</ref>{{explain|date=July 2024|reason=Same as previous.}}