Representatives of Bulgarians from Macedonia, who held meetings with top Bulgarian Government officials over the past few days in Sofia, had serious allegations against Macedonia.

A key demand of the group, and of Bulgaria, is that the Macedonian Constitution is amended and that the Bulgarian community is named among the other nations listed in the Preamble. Wile asking for this, the Bulgarian organizations in Macedonia say that they are heavily discriminated against.

But one of them, journalist Vlado Trenevski, in an interview with the Bulgarian BNT television, went much further and protested that “Macedonianism is a dangerous thing”. Bulgaria uses this term in an attempt to portray the Macedonian national identity as a made up, artificial project to divide the Bulgarian nation. The use of such language was in stark contrast with the other talking points offered by the group, that claims that its minority rights are threatened.