Under the deal, North Macedonia is supposed to change its constitution to accommodate Bulgarian demands
that same year. Its leaders argued that the Macedonian language is merely a dialect of Bulgarian, that the Macedonian “nation” in fact comprises people who were originally Bulgarian, and that the republic was a false confection of Yugoslavia’s communist leaders. Today’s Macedonians, they claim, are stealing Bulgarian history.
The compromise proposed by France seemed to break the deadlock. But appearances can be misleading. For one, the deal officially imports the historical disputes between the countries into thenegotiating framework. A commission of Bulgarian and Macedonian historians was already working to resolve them.
Under the deal, North Macedonia is also supposed to change its constitution to accommodate Bulgarian demands: formal recognition of the existence of a Bulgarian minority in the country, as well as other supposed protections of minority rights. So after the symbolic opening oftalks last month, the process immediately halted and will not resume until the constitutional changes are made.
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