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North Macedonia: Second day of protests against the agreement with Bulgaria

A few thousand citizens gathered tonight, for the second day in a row, in front of the government building of North Macedonia, in Skopje, asking the country’s government to reject the proposal submitted by the French presidency of the EU until a few days ago to resolve the disputes between Skopje and Sofia.

The rallies are supported by the largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, which strongly opposes the proposal, claiming it “favors Bulgarian demands that endanger the country’s history, language, identity and cultural heritage”. A similar rally will be held tomorrow night in Skopje.

The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, today came out in favor of the proposal tabled by the now-expired French EU presidency. According to Stevo Pendarovski, the proposal does not undermine the national identity and language of North Macedonia. The country’s president also noted that a possible “yes” to the proposal on the part of Skopje should not be perceived in the country as either a triumph or a complete defeat.

The government of Dimitar Kovacevski in Skopje has started extensive internal consultations yesterday on the “French” proposal, considering that it “constitutes a basis for building a national strategy that can lead to the disengagement of the country’s European perspective”.

Dimitar Kovacevsky said that the government will announce its position on the proposal after the consultations are completed.

As part of these consultations, Kovacevski met today in Skopje with the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Christian Mickoski, with the latter reiterating that the proposal is highly damaging for the country and must be rejected by the government without a second thought.

Source: RES-MPE

Source: Capital

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