In the next two days within the Council of Europe I will have numerous meetings in which I will talk to numerous MPs from all European countries. I will discuss the interest of Macedonia, the need for Macedonia to start membership negotiations with the EU on a dignified basis. Let Macedonians to start EU membership accession talks as Macedonians. The Macedonian language should be recognized as a Macedonian language, i.e. to reject the difficult demands set by Bulgaria and which vetoes the beginning of Macedonia’s negotiations with the EU, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
“What I see these days is a complete debacle of Macedonian diplomacy. Because they allowed a document that is completely contrary to the Macedonian national interests to already circulate in the European capitals and to be discussed. It is a catastrophic document. It is a document that means annulment of Macedonia, both the Macedonian people and the Macedonian language. It remains unclear why there is complete silence on the part of the Government, Prime Minister Kovachevski, and Minister Osmani. The only logical answer is that they agreed. We call for the rejection of that document and we clearly say from here in Strasbourg that VMRO-DPMNE will not accept any document that touches the Macedonian language, the Macedonian people and the Macedonian identity. We can reach European values in the right way, not through humiliation and blackmail,” Nikoloski said.
