The EU calls on Northern Macedonia to modify its constitution to launch accession negotiations

European Council President Antonio Costa today stated to Northern Macedonia that it is necessary to modify its constitution (in order to include the Bulgarian minority living in the country) if it wants to start accession negotiations with the EU. For further requests […] We know what the Copenhagen criteria are, we know what reforms need to be completed, we know what was agreed in 2022 and now you have to implement them, “Antonio Costa said, referring to Northern Macedonia’s obligation for constitutional modifications. The European course of Northern Macedonia remains stagnant, mainly because Skopje has not fulfilled the obligations they had undertaken -on the basis of a proposal presented by the EU in the summer of 2022. The proposal provides for the amendment of the Northern Macedonia Constitution to include Bulgarian. […]
Source: News Beast

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