Relationship dossier
North Macedonia
Spain
Relationship assessment
Cooperation is anchored in North Macedonia’s NATO membership and Spain’s support for its European integration.
North Macedonia toward Spain
+30North Macedonia’s NATO membership established an alliance framework for cooperation with Spain, which is also a NATO member.
Spain toward North Macedonia
+30Spain ratified North Macedonia’s NATO accession and has supported its European integration.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship is anchored in NATO cooperation and Spain’s support for North Macedonia’s European integration. These provide substantive grounds for cooperation, though the breadth of bilateral engagement beyond those frameworks is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
North Macedonia and Spain have a cooperative relationship supported by their shared NATO alliance. Spain ratified North Macedonia’s NATO accession, and North Macedonia’s membership established a durable framework for cooperation with Spain. Spain also supports North Macedonia’s European integration. The breadth of additional bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
North Macedonia joined NATO, establishing a durable alliance framework shared with Spain.
Spain ratified North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond NATO and European integration is unclear.
- The implementation and current status of bilateral cooperation arrangements are unclear.