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North Macedonia hits out at Brussels, says EU accession like 'Waiting for Godot'
euronews (in English)
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27/09/2024
Both North Macedonia's president and prime minister slammed stumbling blocks put in place by Brussels over a dispute with Bulgaria over Balkan history, language and culture.
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North Macedonia's prime minister has reacted angrily to reports that his country's European
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Union accession bid has hit a new hurdle because of a dispute with Bulgaria.
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Prime Minister Hristian Mikoski said the EU was trying to dictate what his country should
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do and suggested he wouldn't accept any further delay to membership talks.
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Those comments follow reports that EU ambassadors in Brussels decided to push ahead with Albania's
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EU accession process independently of North Macedonia's.
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The EU started membership talks with the two Balkan countries in 2022, but North Macedonia's
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bid was delayed by a dispute with Bulgaria over Balkan history, language and culture.
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To break the impasse, the previous government in Skopje accepted a Bulgarian demand to insert
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in North Macedonia's constitution a reference to a Bulgarian ethnic minority.
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And in her speech at the UN General Assembly, North Macedonia's President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
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said the path to EU membership was like waiting for Godot.
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The country's EU path was also blocked for years by Greece over another dispute over
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history and heritage.
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It was settled in 2018 after North Macedonia changed its name from the previous Macedonia.
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