Balgarianovinite.com North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Aleksandar Nikoloski said “there is nothing new” in relation to the constitutional amendments. In an interview with TV Kanal 5, he was asked to comment on the statement of US Ambassador to Skopje Angela Aggeler who said she is confident that the government is working on the issue of constitutional changes.
According to Nikoloski, VMRO-DPMNE has clearly stated its position that it does not accept constitutional amendments “under Bulgarian dictate.”
According to him, a way out of this situation is “the new wave of optimism regarding enlargement that prevails in the EU due to the situation with Ukraine.”
When asked about the message from German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who after his visit to Skopje, where there were no public statements, wrote on Instagram that progress in relations with Bulgaria is particularly important for the further success of North Macedonia’s accession process, Nikoloski said that the previous government in Skopje maintained relations with Sofia, but nothing was achieved.
According to Nikoloski, the protests in Sofia show that the situation there is unstable, and during elections “the Macedonian question is very attractive for certain political elites.” The Minister repeated that in order to unblock North Macedonia’s European integration process, pressure from “several serious EU member states” on Sofia is required.
“I have no doubt that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen; European Commissioner Marta Kos, European Council President Antonio Costa want North Macedonia to start EU negotiations tomorrow. They want this and are working for it to happen, but the question is whether those who truly have the power, and in politics, power plays a major role, are putting pressure on Bulgaria or not,” Nikoloski said.
“We have also said what our expectations are, whether they are related to the historical and political continuity of our people, whether they are related to the uniqueness of the Macedonian language, whether they are related to attempts to turn history into the main instrument for blocking negotiations, we have made our positions clear. We clearly said that Bulgaria does not implement the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and that we insist that it implements them. We clearly said that we insist it recognizes a Macedonian minority, which should be part of the Council for National Minorities in Bulgaria. Our positions are clear. We have not said or done anything different from what we said when we were in opposition,” Nikoloski said. North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister Nikoloski Calls for Powerful EU States to Put Pressure on Sofia to Unblock Euro-Integration 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-28 07:52:58 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
