Definitions:
The "Macedonian State" is the legal entity that is legally recognized by other legal states. example: a legal state such as Canada recognizes the legal state of the Republic of Macedonian. "Nationality" is legal membership to the the state regardless of ethnicity.
The "Macedonian Nation" are the people that identify as Macedonians both inside the Republic of Macedonia (The legal state) and those outside it's borders. "Ethnicity" is identification with the nation regardless of the legally citizenship expressed as one's "Nationality".
Officially the Republic of Macedonia is a multi-ethnic state and unofficially it is moving toward a bi-national state. One of those nations are the Macedonians and this thread is posted to discuss the greater of the two external threats to the Macedonian Nation, between that of Greece and that of Bulgaria.
The demands made by Greece:
Geographic qualifier to: state name, Nationality - Greece does not consider the Macedonia Nation in any way related to the Hellenic Nation and see it as it would define itself under a mutually acceptable name.
The Demands made by Bulgaria:
Has recognized the Macedonian State as the Republic of Macedonia, does not recognize the Macedonian Nation nor doe s it recognize the Macedonian Language as a separate language. Has issue with historical figures defined as "Macedonian"
This is the way I see the dispute and I would like to hear from your members on which is seen as the greater threat and why? I'm not asking you to say you will change anything, I'm interested on how you see each threat to the Macedonian Nation.
Please no comments like Greece and Bulgaria should go F&&& themselves, I already know that you think that.
The "Macedonian State" is the legal entity that is legally recognized by other legal states. example: a legal state such as Canada recognizes the legal state of the Republic of Macedonian. "Nationality" is legal membership to the the state regardless of ethnicity.
The "Macedonian Nation" are the people that identify as Macedonians both inside the Republic of Macedonia (The legal state) and those outside it's borders. "Ethnicity" is identification with the nation regardless of the legally citizenship expressed as one's "Nationality".
Officially the Republic of Macedonia is a multi-ethnic state and unofficially it is moving toward a bi-national state. One of those nations are the Macedonians and this thread is posted to discuss the greater of the two external threats to the Macedonian Nation, between that of Greece and that of Bulgaria.
The demands made by Greece:
Geographic qualifier to: state name, Nationality - Greece does not consider the Macedonia Nation in any way related to the Hellenic Nation and see it as it would define itself under a mutually acceptable name.
The Demands made by Bulgaria:
Has recognized the Macedonian State as the Republic of Macedonia, does not recognize the Macedonian Nation nor doe s it recognize the Macedonian Language as a separate language. Has issue with historical figures defined as "Macedonian"
This is the way I see the dispute and I would like to hear from your members on which is seen as the greater threat and why? I'm not asking you to say you will change anything, I'm interested on how you see each threat to the Macedonian Nation.
Please no comments like Greece and Bulgaria should go F&&& themselves, I already know that you think that.
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