Post by account_disabled on Mar 3, 2024 3:33:37 GMT
It seems that the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday gave the seal to what we feared for a long time: that Skopje will advance towards the EU as soon as it solves an external problem with Bulgaria, while Albania will remain in the country under the burden of the problems of domestically listed quite nicely in 15 European conditions. So "decoupling" or the separation and separate treatment of two countries in the process of European integration, which was taboo a year ago, is becoming a reality today. On October 16, 2019, a day after the European Council's refusal to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, Chancellor Merkel was persistently asked by journalists why European leaders did not postpone negotiations with Skopje alone.
The insistence of the journalists Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data reflected a general spirit in favor of the Macedonians who were missing out on being rewarded for the two difficult treaties they had concluded with their southern and eastern neighbours. "There was no consensus in the Council for decoupling, for the separation of Skopje from Tirana," answered Merkel. "When you make such decisions, you analyze the advantages and disadvantages; and seeing the Albanian minority in Macedonia and the surrounding Albanian states, the negative consequences could be more severe than the positive ones", the German chancellor explained further.
In fact, at the meeting of the Council, quite a few heads of governments and states had proposed to start the process first with North Macedonia, for which there was no reservation. Then, when the circumstances were created, they would continue with Albania, where according to the statement of Dutch Prime Minister Rutte, there were serious problems with the rule of law and the separation of powers. But especially the German chancellor and the French president had insisted on pairing Skopje with Tirana. Considerations related to stability and geopolitics and not so much to the Copenhagen Criteria. At that time, I wrote about the frustration felt by the government of Skopje, who were being denied a cake despite the cherry because Edi Rama's flower was tied to their cart.
The insistence of the journalists Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data reflected a general spirit in favor of the Macedonians who were missing out on being rewarded for the two difficult treaties they had concluded with their southern and eastern neighbours. "There was no consensus in the Council for decoupling, for the separation of Skopje from Tirana," answered Merkel. "When you make such decisions, you analyze the advantages and disadvantages; and seeing the Albanian minority in Macedonia and the surrounding Albanian states, the negative consequences could be more severe than the positive ones", the German chancellor explained further.
In fact, at the meeting of the Council, quite a few heads of governments and states had proposed to start the process first with North Macedonia, for which there was no reservation. Then, when the circumstances were created, they would continue with Albania, where according to the statement of Dutch Prime Minister Rutte, there were serious problems with the rule of law and the separation of powers. But especially the German chancellor and the French president had insisted on pairing Skopje with Tirana. Considerations related to stability and geopolitics and not so much to the Copenhagen Criteria. At that time, I wrote about the frustration felt by the government of Skopje, who were being denied a cake despite the cherry because Edi Rama's flower was tied to their cart.