When asked about the statements coming from Brussels, they say that there is an agreement from 2022 and that it is now up to the Government in Skopje to deliver according to that agreement. On the other hand, Mr. Mickoski’s Government insists on guarantees, some type of guarantees that would come from the EU Council or the European Council, that if the constitutional amendments are made, if the Bulgarians are brought in, that will be the last concession of an identity-historical nature and that there will be no new vetoes during the accession process. Is it possible to obtain such guarantees, says Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković in an interview with 360 Degrees.
“I think that this is a reasonable position of the Macedonian government and Prime Minister Mickoski. When a person gets burned once, they would want guarantees, because there were situations before when it was thought that everything was resolved when certain criteria were met, and then suddenly new and new challenges and new prerequisites for opening negotiations were created, so I understand that the current government in a way inherited the 2022 agreement, when France presided over the EU Council, which is a solution where France tried to be constructive, but that solution is objectively demanding of all political actors in Macedonia and I am not surprised by this position, I think it is correct and articulated, that if something is agreed, then in a year there should be no new obstacles, so that we would again have to return to major legal amendments or amendments to the Constitution, which is extremely politically sensitive and ultimately unpopular,” said Croatia’s PM.
