Macedonia and Her Difficult Neighbours on the Path to the EU

Karadjoski, Mladen and Adamczuk, Artur (2014) Macedonia and Her Difficult Neighbours on the Path to the EU. Yearbook of Polish European Studies (17).

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Abstract

Since 1991, when Macedonia became independent, integration with Western structures – the European Union and the NATO – has been its main foreign policy objective.
All Macedonian governments have consistently worked towards implementing the political, economic and social reforms required by the Copenhagen criteria. To a certain
extent, the EU appreciated Macedonia’s efforts: in 2005, it granted Macedonia, known as FYROM, the status of a candidate country. However, the implementation of internal reforms alone has proved insuffi cient to commence the accession negotiations. The path
to the EU is still blocked by unsettled issues with Greece and Bulgaria. The government in Athens demands that Macedonia settle the dispute over its name and accuses it of appropriating Greek historical heritage. Sofia, in turn, accuses Skopje of falsifying history
and discriminating against the Bulgarian minority living on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia.
Keywords: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the European Union, accession negotiations, foreign policy of Greece, foreign policy of Bulgaria

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Other social sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Mr Mladen Kradzoski
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2018 18:28
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2018 18:28
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/1376

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