{"id":15046,"date":"2020-06-03T15:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/?p=15046"},"modified":"2024-10-14T02:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:48:18","slug":"eu-north-macedonia-accession-negotiations-the-implications-of-the-bulgarian-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/15046?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"EU &#8211; North Macedonia accession negotiations: the implications of the Bulgarian conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Before the October 2019 EU Council meeting, the Bulgarian Government adopted a Framework position, confirmed with a Declaration by its Assembly. Though supportive of the opening of the accession negotiations, the position places new conditions on the Republic of North Macedonia, claiming that they derive from the 2017 Treaty on Friendship, Good Neighbourly Relations and Cooperation Between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>This document was followed by a Statement of the Bulgarian Government annexed to the Council conclusions of March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The European Policy Institute \u2013 Skopje published a policy brief analysing the Bulgarian conditions, compared to the bilateral Treaty. 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