Prespa agreement through the prism of international law and its implementation in the national system of North Macedonia

Poposka, Vesna and Nuredin, Abdulmecit (2022) Prespa agreement through the prism of international law and its implementation in the national system of North Macedonia. Sui Generis.

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Abstract

The name issue is a constant factor in a Balkan puzzle with many
variables. For the Macedonians, the name issue has turned into
identity question. That should not have been the case: identity is
a matter of self-determination, not recognition. Macedonians
hoped that electoral victory of Syriza in 2015 would bring to
office a government that would be more leftist than populist,
which did not happen. Additionally, the Greek Orthodox Church
has joined with inflammatory discourse, playing a political role
that one would think that a leftist government wouldn’t allow
them to play. Both governments, in Athens and Skopje, face
different challenges since the beginning of the process. Although
it was considered that Athens enjoys a historical, institutional,
and geopolitical advantage, as it always did in this dispute and it
was Greece has little to lose in the barraging game except
“exclusive possession over history” the Prespa agreement was
not accepted with applause. On the other side North Macedonia
was supposed to negotiate between its past and future, and the
agreement brough mixed feelings and polarization of the society.
Opposition was calling for invalidity of the treaty and protest
were held in both capitals. The aim of this paper is to provide
legal analysis of the process and the agreement from the point of
international public law relieved from daily politics and
populism.

Keywords: International law, Prespa agreement, Security
Council, constitutional amendments

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Military Academy
Depositing User:	Vesna Poposka
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2024 08:03
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2024 08:03
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34480

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