For a European Future (, ) is the current name of the political alliance in North Macedonia led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM).
History The SDSM has contested most parliamentary elections since 1994 as part of a coalition led by the party. In the 1994 elections it formed the "Alliance for Macedonia" alongside the Liberal Party and Socialist Party. For the 2002 and 2006 parliamentary elections it formed . The 2008 elections were contested as .
For the 2016 parliamentary elections the alliance was named "For Life in Macedonia". For the 2020 elections it became "We Can! More and Better".
On 27 March 2024 SDSM and its partners established the "For a European Future" coalition. SDSM considered the coalition capable of ensuring the EU membership of North Macedonia. The coalition won 18 seats in the 2024 elections.
Member parties The member parties for the 2024 parliamentary elections were: Party Leader Seats Joined Social Democratic Union of MacedoniaSDSMDimitar Kovačevski1994 New Social Democratic PartyNSDPGoran Misovski 2008 Liberal Democratic PartyLDPMonika Zajkova 2002
Members without seats: VMRO – People's Party Party of Croats of Macedonia
Democratic Union of the Vlachs Union of Roma
Democratic Renewal Right Party of Pensioners
Party for Economic and Social Progress
Former compositions ElectionNameMembers1994 Alliance for Macedonia SDSM, Liberal Party, Socialist Party2002Together for MacedoniaSDSM, Liberal Democratic Party, United Party of Roma, Democratic League of Bosniaks, Democratic Union of the Vlachs, Democratic Party of Serbs, Democratic Party of Turks, Workers' Agricultural Party, Socialist Christian Party, Green Party2006Together for MacedoniaSDSM, Liberal Democratic Party, United Party of Roma, Democratic Union of the Vlachs, Democratic Party of Serbs, Democratic Party of Turks, Workers' Agricultural Party, Socialist Christian Party, Green Party2008Sun – Coalition for EuropeSDSM, New Social Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Party, , Green Party, Party of Pensioners, Democratic Union of the Vlachs2011 SDSM, New Social Democratic Party, Party for a European Future, Liberal Party, , Serbian Progressive Party, Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma, , Union of Tito's Left Forces, , Democratic Union of Serbs, Democratic Union of the Vlachs, , Party of Pensioners, 2014 SDSM, New Social Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic Party, United for Macedonia, , Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma, , Democratic Union of the Vlachs, 2016For Life in MacedoniaSDSM, New Social Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic Party, , , Democratic Union of the Vlachs, , , Party of United Pensioners, Party for a European Future, , Democratic Renewal, Serbian Progressive Party, Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma2020We Can! More and BetterSDSM, Besa Movement, VMRO – People's Party, Democratic Party of Turks, New Social Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Party for a European Future, United Party for Roma Equality, , Democratic Union of the Vlachs, , , Party for Social and Economic Progress, Democratic Union, , , Democratic League of Bosniaks, Party of Pensioners, Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Roma, Democratic Renewal, United for Macedonia, Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma, Union of Roma
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