{"id":28514,"date":"2019-11-07T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/i-voulgaria-thetei-sklirous-orous-stin-diadikasia-entaxis-tis-voreias-makedonias-stin-ee\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:30:54","slug":"i-voulgaria-thetei-sklirous-orous-stin-diadikasia-entaxis-tis-voreias-makedonias-stin-ee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/bulgaria-sets-tough-conditions-on-north-macedonias-eu-accession-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria sets tough conditions on North Macedonia\u2019s EU accession path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><b><span lang=\"en-US\">Abstract :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-US\">The hardening of Sofia\u2019s position vis-\u00e0-vis North Macedonia and the attempt to condition Skopje\u2019s accession process upon the previous satisfaction of a number of key Bulgarian preconditions undoubtedly constitutes a critical moment in bilateral, Bulgarian-North Macedonian relations. No Bulgarian government in the future may easily ignore or abandon these strict conditions. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-US\">Sofia has \u201cbound itself\u201d into a tough diplomatic position, reminiscent of Greek policy vis-\u00e0-vis North Macedonia, where dominant perceptions of history-identity and a feeling of diplomatic superiority dictated a strict diplomatic position that no Greek government dared to openly question, let alone abandon. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"en-US\">Some of the key Bulgarian demands on history, however, touch upon fundamental aspects of the North Macedonian national narrative and nation-building and it will be hard for any government in Skopje to accept. It will certainly take a lot of good will and creative thinking by both sides in order to move forward.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You may find the Policy Brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Policy-Brief_58_Yorgos-Christidis.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract :\u00a0 The hardening of Sofia\u2019s position vis-\u00e0-vis North Macedonia and the attempt to condition Skopje\u2019s accession process upon the previous satisfaction of a number of key Bulgarian preconditions undoubtedly constitutes a critical moment in bilateral, Bulgarian-North Macedonian relations. No Bulgarian government in the future may easily ignore or abandon these strict conditions. Sofia has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":28515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[492,102],"tags":[132,206,363,364],"program":[23],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52904,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28514\/revisions\/52904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28514"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=28514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}