Macedonian Euro-Experiment: Will It End?

Josifovic, Ivica (2023) Macedonian Euro-Experiment: Will It End? Law and Social Values. pp. 535-553. ISSN 978-86-7148-311-7

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Abstract

Macedonia is a country that is open to experimenting with policies of the international community, especially the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) policies. No other country in Europe has faced problems that are largely incomprehensible to the majority and so hard to resolve. There is no country that has had such a difficult process of international recognition: the country that was given a provisional name, the country that signed an interim agreement on a bilateral dispute, the country that signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement during the 2001 conflict, the country that has been a candidate for EU membership since 2004, the country that was vetoed to join the NATO membership by Greece in 2008, the country that changed its name in 2017 to finally start EU negotiations, the country that was denied the right to self-determination, the country whose language, history and culture has been disputed, etc. When we thought that it was over and that it would finally be possible to set on the path to European integration, North Macedonia encountered new unrealistic demands of another neighbouring state. Another possibile setback in EU integration may be attributed to Bulgaria, which is pursuing a policy of denying the Macedonian language, history and culture. Bulgaria posed a request to include the Bulgarian minority in the Macedonian constitution, but without offering a reciprocal provision in the Bulgarian constitution for the Macedonian minority living in Bulgaria. based on the prior experience and awareness of the decision-making processes in the EU institutions regarding the EU enlargement, Macedonia is likely to be pressured to give up its state foundations for the sake of reaching the ultimate goal – EU membership. The paper aims to present the legal issues related to these events, bearing in mind that most of them are resolved by the power of politics rather than in compliance with the law, which may have serious consequences and lead to additional demands that cannot be fulfilled. Keywords: North Macedonia, EU membership, law, politics, dispute.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Ivica Josifovik
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2023 10:17
Last Modified:	21 Dec 2023 10:17
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/33030

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