Balgarianovinite.com The non-paper that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed during the EU – Western Balkans Summit in Montenegro does not modify North Macedonia’s existing Negotiating Framework, and the adoption of constitutional revisions is a key prerequisites for the start of EU accession negotiations with the country, the EU Ambassador to North Macedonia Michalis Rokas said, quoted by the media in Skopje.
During a visit to Stip, Rokas reiterated that the negotiating framework, agreed in 2022, clearly indicates the insertion of Bulgarians into North Macedonia’s basic law as the starting point of negotiations with the EU.
“The constitutional revisions will be followed by an intergovernmental conference ahead of the start of official negotiations. I am convinced that North Macedonia can advance rapidly on the path to the EU depending on the reforms that it will implement,” Rokas reportedly said.
In his words, the non-paper proposed by Germany and France does not provide for new conditions for EU accession negotiations but rather systematizes the steps in the integration process.
“The message of the Tivat Summit is that enlargement is a living, vibrant and urgent process. Candidate countries should not miss this opportunity,” the EU Ambassador said.
He finds that Skopje has speeded up the reform process but recalled that the final assessment will come from the European Commission.
Regarding the Action Plan on National Minorities and Communities in North Macedonia, Rokas stressed that this document is is in the assessment phase and, together with the Rule of Law Roadmap, figures among the prerequisites for opening the clusters.
In recent days, the Action Plan on National Minorities and Communities in North Macedonia has often been mentioned by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski as “yet another obstacle posed by Bulgaria” to the beginning of their country’s EU accession talks.
“The Action Plan on Minorities is ready, it has been consulted with a human rights expert recommended by the European Commission. There were two public hearings – something that any country has rarely ever done. Unofficially, the document has been cleared with 26 Member States, with a single exception. That same Member States opposes our joining the Three Seas Initiative. That’s what the reality is,” Mickoski said over the weekend. Constitutional Changes Key to Start of Skopje’s Accession Negotiations, EU Ambassador Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-10 19:25:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law