Macedonia closer to constitutional changes

<p>Macedonia's parliament is likely to push ahead with constitutional changes this week, on defining marriage as a strictly heterosexual union, on setting up a tax haven, and other issues.&nbsp;Despite the absence of opposition legislators, a plenary session of the Macedonian parliament is expected to approve a package of seven government-proposed changes to the constitution on Wednesday or Thursday.</p><p> &nbsp;<br>One of the proposed changes, which has drawn criticism from human rights activists, will define marriage more narrowly as a union strictly between one man and one woman.&nbsp;“The vast majority of Macedonian citizens think of marriage this way,” an MP from the ruling VMRO DPMNE party, Vlatko Gjorcev, said on Monday.</p>
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