As part of her annual Western Balkan tour, on 15 October, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited North Macedonia. She held meetings with Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and Parliament Speaker Afrim Gashi.     The tour was an occasion for President von der Leyen to reiterate the EU's support for the region's EU accession and to emphasise how the EU was delivering on the Growth Plan.  “We remain fully behind North Macedonia