8
Jul
2025
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2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia (debate)
The Republic of North Macedonia categorically does not meet the conditions for starting negotiations for membership in the European Union. Minority rights are not respected in this country. Representatives of the Bulgarian minority are subject to judicial and extrajudicial prosecutions, and crimes against Bulgarians often go either unpunished or the punishments are symbolic. Adding to this the brazen theft of Bulgarian history and Bulgarian cultural heritage by the rulers in Skopje, it becomes clear why this country does not deserve membership in the EU. Why, then, do senior European officials insist so much on Skopje starting membership negotiations? The reason is the same, because of which Bulgaria was ordered to become a member of the euro area. The European leaders want to show that their organisations are still wanted, that despite all the crises shaking the EU, there are countries that want to be part of it. But turning a blind eye to obvious violations of European rules by candidate members is not a recipe for the well-being of a union, but a proof of its decline.