EU may fill NATO shoes in Macedonia

The EU, worried that a security vacuum will develop in Macedonia after troops withdraw, is considering sending its own force to protect civilian observers.

The issue is topping the agenda of an informal EU Foreign Minister’s meeting in Belgium this weekend.

NATO was invited by the Macedonian Government to send troops to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels.

The 19 National Alliance insists, however, that it’s 30-day mission ends on September 26th and it will not extend it.