SKOPJE -- North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski says the use of the country's new name will be on hold until the start of accession talks with the European Union
What will happen to North Macedonia - a new name on hold
SKOPJE -- North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski says the use of the country's new name will be on hold until the start of accession talks with the European Union
Source: Tanjug
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President Pendarovski explains that it will be on hold until the accession negotiations with the EU begin as a part of the Prespa Agreement that deals with internal and external communication and the use of the new state name.
He also added that North Macedonia will become a NATO member in a few months, thanks to the Prespa Agreement.
"The Prespa Agreement was the main reason why NATO member states approved our membership. If not in November or December, then we will certainly become a full member of the Alliance in the first four months of 2020, and it is a direct product of the Prespa Agreement", Pendarovski stated in the interview for Greek television Alpha.
Commenting on European leaders' decision to delay the start of accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania, Pendarovski said it was a real shock to everyone, not just him and the citizens, but the entire political elite in the country.
He added that all political leaders, whether from the government or the opposition, agreed that North Macedonia had delivered all that was required, but that the EU had once again surprisingly said that the country was not ready".
To any commentators that take Skopians positions in the name dispute...
You lost the argument the moment the second you anti-Greek bigots started to downplay half Skopians (VMRO, EMD, etc.) bizarre attempts to claim they were not Slavs but founders of the HELLENISTIC period --- now effectively claiming to be the "real" Greeks under the mental radar of both those fanatics and those that supported them. Have fun lying about an important aspect of ancient history so you hide your shame. Bigots the lot of you.
(Greek, 28 October 2019 18:00)
The EU's fingers were burnt when, at the demands of Germany, they prematurely allowed Rumania, Croatia and Bulgaria to accede. So it is certainly not a surprise to many Europeans when Macedonia was blocked. How can the Macedonian government be so naive? They changed their name to suck up to Greece and are now the laughing stock of Europe. That's life. They'll know better next time than to trust the EU.
(Tony (a Brit seconded to Berlin), 26 October 2019 20:21)
Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria etc were never fully ready to join the EU but they got the back stage pass. Reason is that they are anti socialist and anti Russia which ticked the boxes for the back door entry.
Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, the EU and USA view them with suspicion. Only way to get the back door pass is to be fully submissive and sign over your nation's sovereignty to Brussels.
(Al, 26 October 2019 00:59)
Amazing how that it will be easy to become a member of NATO but not EU? I thought to be a member of NATO, you need to be a EU member?
(Ak, 25 October 2019 21:25)
The EU's fingers were burnt when, at the demands of Germany, they prematurely allowed Rumania, Croatia and Bulgaria to accede. So it is certainly not a surprise to many Europeans when Macedonia was blocked. How can the Macedonian government be so naive? They changed their name to suck up to Greece and are now the laughing stock of Europe. That's life. They'll know better next time than to trust the EU.
(Tony (a Brit seconded to Berlin), 26 October 2019 20:21)
Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria etc were never fully ready to join the EU but they got the back stage pass. Reason is that they are anti socialist and anti Russia which ticked the boxes for the back door entry.
Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, the EU and USA view them with suspicion. Only way to get the back door pass is to be fully submissive and sign over your nation's sovereignty to Brussels.
(Al, 26 October 2019 00:59)
Amazing how that it will be easy to become a member of NATO but not EU? I thought to be a member of NATO, you need to be a EU member?
(Ak, 25 October 2019 21:25)
To any commentators that take Skopians positions in the name dispute...
You lost the argument the moment the second you anti-Greek bigots started to downplay half Skopians (VMRO, EMD, etc.) bizarre attempts to claim they were not Slavs but founders of the HELLENISTIC period --- now effectively claiming to be the "real" Greeks under the mental radar of both those fanatics and those that supported them. Have fun lying about an important aspect of ancient history so you hide your shame. Bigots the lot of you.
(Greek, 28 October 2019 18:00)
Amazing how that it will be easy to become a member of NATO but not EU? I thought to be a member of NATO, you need to be a EU member?
(Ak, 25 October 2019 21:25)
The EU's fingers were burnt when, at the demands of Germany, they prematurely allowed Rumania, Croatia and Bulgaria to accede. So it is certainly not a surprise to many Europeans when Macedonia was blocked. How can the Macedonian government be so naive? They changed their name to suck up to Greece and are now the laughing stock of Europe. That's life. They'll know better next time than to trust the EU.
(Tony (a Brit seconded to Berlin), 26 October 2019 20:21)
Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria etc were never fully ready to join the EU but they got the back stage pass. Reason is that they are anti socialist and anti Russia which ticked the boxes for the back door entry.
Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, the EU and USA view them with suspicion. Only way to get the back door pass is to be fully submissive and sign over your nation's sovereignty to Brussels.
(Al, 26 October 2019 00:59)
To any commentators that take Skopians positions in the name dispute...
You lost the argument the moment the second you anti-Greek bigots started to downplay half Skopians (VMRO, EMD, etc.) bizarre attempts to claim they were not Slavs but founders of the HELLENISTIC period --- now effectively claiming to be the "real" Greeks under the mental radar of both those fanatics and those that supported them. Have fun lying about an important aspect of ancient history so you hide your shame. Bigots the lot of you.
(Greek, 28 October 2019 18:00)