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Danish Ambassador Pernille Dahler Kardel told the members of the Committee on European Affairs in the Macedonian Parliament that Macedonia “knows what it needs to do” – referring to accepting the Bulgarian demands for constitutional changes. Deputy Parliament Speaker Antonio Milososki, in his remarks, said that Macedonia has been hearing these messages for decades, “since the days of Javier Solana”.
In this new and global world, where we see changes in the global order, it is very difficult for the European Union to be a credible actor in North America, in South America, in Asia, or Africa if it can’t be a credible actor in the western Balkans – its most natural back yard, and if it can’t move the processes forward n the proper direction without repeating the decades old phrases that we’ve been hearing as back as Javier Solana, 20 years ago, Milososki said.
Ambassador Dahler said that the European Union would love to see Macedonia become its member during the next enlargement, adding that, while there are no guarantees, it is important to take advantage of the opportunity. She said that Denmark will put enlargement at the heart of its presidency of the European Union.
European Affairs Minister Orhan Murtezani said that “conditioning Macedonia on issues that are outside of the European legal heritage undermine the enlargement process and lead to unprincipled vetoes”.
