Before Tuesday’s meeting with European Council President António Costa, Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said he has no intention of undertaking an adventure unless there is certainty about the outcome, adding that throughout the entire European integration process, the Macedonian side has shown it is competitive, it has the capacity and the will to swiftly complete the process.
However, Mickoski added, we cannot undertake such an adventure without a clear perspective and a certain outcome.
“I have no intention as Prime Minister to support an adventure without knowing that there will be a certain end. We are showing that we are competitive, that we have the capacity, we know and we want to get through this process quickly. We have the knowledge, without having a certain end we cannot enter into such an adventure, because for three and a half decades the citizens of this country of ours have witnessed such type of political adventures and gymnastics. It is unfair and frivolous to expect that when a high European politician suddenly arrives we will change our position, that will not happen. Everyone should know that without VMRO-DPMNE this work cannot be done. We may have political illiterates who keep the topic on a daily basis, because they were told so, but they only lose and disrupt the oppositions of the Government. If I were on the side of the Bulgarian Government, when I see that I have a person inside who is destroying the positions of the Government, then I would sit still and become radicalized, why would I look for a solution. We have such nationally washed people who only want one thing to do it is a few denars extra. We do not pursue such a policy and we do not intend to pursue it,” Mickoski said in response to a reporter’s question regarding expectations from Tuesday’s meeting with EC President Costa.
“It’s clear what’s before us, the acceptance of the previous Government of constitutional amendments, the French proposal, Protocol 1, Protocol 2, but let’s see what the Bulgarian government has before them,” noted the PM.
“There are 14 judgments from the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This matter must have trust, and that is created if you have a two-way street, if it is one-way, then you cannot build trust. In order to build trust, we need to see delivery from that side as well. If all European politicians are unanimous that there will be no more conditions, then the least we can get as a country are new conclusions, that way the support and trust will be confirmed,” PM Mickoski pointed out.
