Macedonia and Bulgaria: Political Relations

[Carlin]

Bulgarian PM Petkov’s government loses no-confidence vote over Macedonia issue. 123 lawmakers out of 239 voted against.

[Carlin]

PM Kovachevski formally rejects the "French proposal"

https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...-unacceptable/

[Carlin]

BREAKING: SDS/DUI accept the so-called modified French proposal. B. OSMANI personally negotiated with Sofia. DPNE rejects the proposal and calls for demonstrations.

[Carlin]

SDS/DUI say there is no need to go to the parliament for debate. The government can approve the proposal outright during an internal/closed session.

https://fokus.mk/ustavot-ke-se-menuv...i-vo-sobranie/
https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/francus...skite-blokadi/

Апасиев: Утре ќе ви се деси народ
https://republika.mk/vesti/makedonij...se-desi-narod/

[Carlin]

Mass demonstrations planned in Skopje. How many people do you think will turn up?

https://mobile.twitter.com/commander...C8paK43-oqAAAA

[Carlin]

B. Osmani "warns" of interethnic tensions if the proposal is rejected

[Karposh]

It was so nice of the Frenchies to make proposals to the Macedonians on behalf of the Bulgaro-Tatars. With no self-awareness at all, they are proposing Macedonians formally recognize that our language has Bulgarian roots as well as amending our constitution to acknowledge the existence of a Bulgarian minority in Macedonia. Oh, and to cease with the “hate speech” against Bulgaria. I guess all the "Tatar" barbs have hit a nerve with the Bulgars.

I think someone needs to explain to the frogs that the language of St's. Cyril & Methodi was already being spoken in Macedonia long before the Turkic speaking Bulgars first appeared in the Balkans. What needs to happen is for the Bulgaro-Tatars to acknowledge and formally recognise that their language is in fact based on the Macedonian language which they adopted and not the other way around. As for talk of minorities being recognised, who's kidding who here? Talk about projecting.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Karposh

It was so nice of the Frenchies to make proposals to the Macedonians on behalf of the Bulgaro-Tatars...........As for talk of minorities being recognised, who's kidding who here? Talk about projecting.

https://theconversation.com/how-fren...0to%20everyone.

The French state’s policy rejects any references to national, racial, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. This model is based on the idea that the state should interact with the individual only, not communities or groups, in order to give equal treatment to everyone.

Kind of hard to take such hypocrisy seriously, especially when it comes from a frog who married another frog twice his age.

[Carlin]

Albanians fire shots towards Macedonian protesters 🔥

https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...re-also-fired/

https://www.minareport.com/duis-gang...ont-of-police/

[Karposh]

Among Bulgaria’s key demands were....the recognition of a Bulgarian minority.

The size of the Bulgarian community in North Macedonia is a matter of contention. Official data from the 2021 census put it at 3,504 people, or about 0.2% of the population. Bulgaria has doubted the figure, noting that about 90,000 of North Macedonia's roughly 2 million population received dual Bulgarian citizenship over the last two decades based on their family roots. About 53,000 more applications are pending.

The above is a quote from just one opinion piece that I read on the subject of the Bulgarian veto and the French proposal to break the stalemate. I hope every Macedonian who has taken out Bulgarian citizenship over the last few years with a view to use it as a stepping stone to land on greener European pastures are proud of themselves right now. People declaring themselves as "Bulgarians" in Macedonia are obviously presenting inconsequential figures to affect any meaningful external policy for the Bulgarians but the recent uptake of Bulgarian passports by numbskull Macedonians have presented the Bulgarians with a bargaining chip worth its weight in gold. We are honestly our own worst enemy.