In North Macedonia, government reviews constitutional amendments for European Union accession

A set of constitutional amendments that would pave the way for North Macedonia to continue its stalled EU accession process are under review by the government and could be passed to parliament by [9 June], but there, they are likely to hit a brick wall. Sofia vetoed Skopje’s accession over historical, language, and cultural disputes and demanded changes to the constitution to include the Bulgarian minority as an ethnic group. For over a year, the situation has remained at an impasse as the Macedonian government does not have the majority needed to pass such changes. The proposed amendments, prepared by a group of experts from the Justice Ministry, are currently in the hands of the government, which will greenlight it and send it for parliamentary approval. The changes will include the Bulgarian minority, along with Jews, Slovenes, Croats and Egyptians. But the amendments are not popular with the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE led by Hristijan Mickoski.
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