The government of North Macedonia approved the proposals for the constitution, bringing the likelihood of joining the EU closer
Date: 2023-07-19 Author: Евгений Облакевич Categories: WORLD, POLICY
This is reported by the Macedonian and Bulgarian media with reference to the press center of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of North Macedonia. the proposals were drawn up by a special working group, which consists of well-known Macedonian experts, professors from key universities, as well as representatives of Macedonian political parties that are supporters of these changes. Proposals regarding amendments to the constitution were prepared on the basis of the conclusions of the meeting of the Assembly (Parliament of North Macedonia) of July 16, 2022, the conclusions of the Council of Europe and the general declaration of the intergovernmental conference on the initiation of negotiations between the Republic of North Macedonia and the EU.
Also in North Macedonia, they hope that after the changes to the constitution, it will be possible to hold the second conference of the Republic of North Macedonia of the EU until December 2023, to begin the process of negotiations with outlining the path of reforms and their further accession to the European Union.
Relations between the RSM and Bulgaria have always been characterized by certain difficulties. The roots of this date back to the time of the liberation of these two territories from the Ottoman conquest and the entry of the territory of Macedonia into Yugoslavia - in the Bulgarian public, at that time, and in many respects even now, it is still widely believed that the Macedonian identity and statehood are an artificially created construct, initially by the Serbs, and then by the Yugoslavs in order to weaken Bulgaria. Despite this, after the separation of Macedonia from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria was one of the first to recognize the Macedonian state and signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation with it in 2017. But despite this, mutual claims have not disappeared anywhere in 2020.
Bulgaria vetoed the then-Macedonia because, according to Bulgaria, the anti-Bulgarian policy pursued by Macedonia and the propaganda of the country that is inconsistent with the declared European values. donets.
The final changes will be the addition to the preamble, as well as to articles 49 and 78 of a number of peoples living in the country, such as: the Macedonian people, part of the Albanian people, the Turkish people, the Vlach people, the Serbian people, the Roma people, the Bosnian people, and the Bulgarian people, Croatian people, Montenegrin people, Slovenian people, Jewish people, Egyptian people. also, provisions were introduced in the preamble that would guarantee equal representation in the parliament of the country of representatives of the above-mentioned communities.
Also in North Macedonia, they hope that after the changes to the constitution, it will be possible to hold the second conference of the Republic of North Macedonia of the EU until December 2023, to begin the process of negotiations with outlining the path of reforms and their further accession to the European Union.
Relations between the RSM and Bulgaria have always been characterized by certain difficulties. The roots of this date back to the time of the liberation of these two territories from the Ottoman conquest and the entry of the territory of Macedonia into Yugoslavia - in the Bulgarian public, at that time, and in many respects even now, it is still widely believed that the Macedonian identity and statehood are an artificially created construct, initially by the Serbs, and then by the Yugoslavs in order to weaken Bulgaria. Despite this, after the separation of Macedonia from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria was one of the first to recognize the Macedonian state and signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation with it in 2017. But despite this, mutual claims have not disappeared anywhere in 2020.
Bulgaria vetoed the then-Macedonia because, according to Bulgaria, the anti-Bulgarian policy pursued by Macedonia and the propaganda of the country that is inconsistent with the declared European values. donets.
The final changes will be the addition to the preamble, as well as to articles 49 and 78 of a number of peoples living in the country, such as: the Macedonian people, part of the Albanian people, the Turkish people, the Vlach people, the Serbian people, the Roma people, the Bosnian people, and the Bulgarian people, Croatian people, Montenegrin people, Slovenian people, Jewish people, Egyptian people. also, provisions were introduced in the preamble that would guarantee equal representation in the parliament of the country of representatives of the above-mentioned communities.
