Balgarianovinite.com Meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday, Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova said that there would be no progress in European Union accession talks with North Macedonia until Bulgarians are included in the country’s constitution. She underscored that this position reflects established EU policy rather than a unilateral Bulgarian demand, the President’s Press Secretariat reported.
The meeting between Iotova and Costa focused on EU enlargements in the Western Balkans.
The Bulgarian President noted the alarming signals that North Macedonia’s power holders are trying to find a lobby among EU countries to circumvent the first cluster of accession negotiations, at the basis of which are human rights. “There is no way Bulgaria would agree to such a change. I hope that by the next EU-Western Balkans Summit in June, a solution will be find to the matter of North Macedonia, if the country still wants to join the Union,” the Bulgarian head of State noted.
Under what is known as the 2022 European consensus, EU Member States agreed to allow the start of North Macedonia’s EU accession talks on certain conditions, including Skopje implementing changes in its Constitution and including in it the Bulgarian minority in the country. The consensus was seen as a compromise to advance EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, while safeguarding the rights of national minorities. President Iotova Reaffirms Bulgaria’s Stance on North Macedonia’s EU Accession at Meeting with EC President Costa 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-13 20:40:22 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