Ann Linde vill EU-förhandla med Nordmakedonien
EU måste inleda inträdesförhandlingar med Nordmakedonien så fort som möjligt. Det sa utrikesminister Ann Linde (S) till TT när hon anlände till utrikesministermötet i Bryssel på måndagen.
– Vi måste omedelbart börja förhandla med Nordmakedonien, för vi har bestämt det, sa Linde.
Såväl Nordmakedonien som Albanien har varit utlovade formella förhandlingsstarter i flera år, men de har gång på gång strandat. Senast föll det på ett bråk om språk och historia mellan Bulgarien och Nordmakedonien.
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Nordmakedoniens relation med EU
Wikipedia (en)
The accession of North Macedonia (formerly the Republic of Macedonia) to the European Union (EU) has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005, when it became a candidate for accession. Macedonia submitted its membership application in 2004, thirteen years after its independence from Yugoslavia. It is one of five current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) between 1991 and 2019. Between 2008 and 2019 there was a Greek veto on the EU and NATO accession talks with that country. After the issue was resolved the EU gave its formal approval to begin accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania in March 2020. However, in November 2020 Bulgaria has effectively blocked the official start of North Macedonia's EU Accession Negotiations over what it perceives as slow progress on the implementation of the 2017 Friendship Treaty between the two countries, state-supported or tolerated hate speech and minority claims towards Bulgaria.
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