/ world today news/ Until recently, there was some confidence that we will not admit North Macedonia to the EU until they stop the theft of Bulgarian history and our national heroes and their policy of de-Bulgarianization, carried out by Skopje for decades. The confidence came from the unanimous opinion of all our prominent historians and from the clearly expressed public support for such a position from Bulgarian society.
It is already clear that the rulers and Bulgarian politicians are ready to betray the Bulgarian national interest on this important issue. Under pressure from the “bosses” in Washington, who openly supported his election campaign, Prime Minister Petkov decided to bypass the Council of Ministers and sent the proposal of French President Macron to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly. He is counting on this commission to approve the French proposal, after which it will be voted on in the National Assembly, which would have a hard time rejecting it after its body, the Foreign Affairs Commission, has approved it.
Yesterday, former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that he “gives a green light” to the French proposal, and that Kiril Petkov has the votes of GERB. Which means that he will simply tell his MPs how to vote and none of them will dare to object or express their own opinion for the simple reason that they are all on the MP feeder thanks to his favor.
“The French proposal for North Macedonia is very good. I trust Macron and the EU,” said Borissov.
It is now clear that the French proposal to lift the veto will also be supported by the ethnic DPS party. Yordan Tsonev has repeatedly stated that the DPS is for the admission of North Macedonia to the EU and does not utter a word about the fact that Bulgaria should not lift the veto until Skopje stops with the language of hatred, with the theft of Bulgarian history and the persecution of that part of the North Macedonian population, which professes Bulgarian self-awareness.
We cannot be sure of the position of the BSP in the person of Cornelia Ninova. But even without the votes of the BSP, it is possible with the votes of “We continue the change”, GERB, DPS and “Democratic Bulgaria” that the French proposal will pass and Kiril Petkov will then, during his upcoming visit to Brussels, lift Bulgaria’s veto. And he will wash his hands of the fact that this is not his decision, but the Bulgarian parliament’s. That is why it was his decision, instead of the French proposal being discussed in and submitted by the Council of Ministers to the National Assembly, to send it to the external committee of the parliament.
This is how it looks like a national betrayal with dire consequences will be committed. Neither Macron nor the EU is in a position, and they do not have such powers, to be a guarantee that North Macedonia will fulfill the demands that will be placed on it in some protocol. Borissov knows this well, but he is making frantic efforts to please his former bosses in Washington and those in Brussels in the hope that they will help him return to power. He has already announced conditions that GERB would govern again with the support and possible participation of other parties.
President Radev spoke out against Borisov’s surprising statement about the support of the Gerbaji MPs for Macron’s proposal. The presidency said that the bilateral protocol, which Bulgaria and the RSM must sign as an integral part of the negotiation framework, lacks sufficient mechanisms, criteria and deadlines to provide real guarantees that the RSM will really radically change its policy towards the Bulgarians and Bulgaria, “Dondukov” specifies 2. And they added that it gives an extremely unpleasant impression that part of the so-called political elite in Bulgaria looks like puppets on strings, directed from the outside, including when it comes to protecting national interests.
Borisov’s former partner, the leader of VMRO Krasimir Karakachanov, also reacted sharply.
“Borisov is clearly competing with Petkov in an attempt to anoint Western leaders. This is the only way to comment on his speech today. But this is nothing new – several times Borisov explained to the whole society about the bosses in Brussels. A Bulgarian politician should not have superiors neither in Brussels, nor in Washington, nor in Moscow. A person who has ruled for 11 years cannot afford such a smear.
Borisova’s action is understandable. He cannot accept that his American patrons abandoned him in favor of Petkov and tries to win their favor anew. This is also evident from his declaration, in which he says: “We will not allow Putinization of Bulgaria’s Euro-Atlantic orientation. Eurozone, diversification, enlargement of the Western Balkans, NATO”. He often talks about Russia being an aggressor and insists on sanctions. This is how he tries to fend off accusations that he might be Putin’s man, didn’t he give him a puppy, once said that we should be grateful to Russia, which freed us from Turkish slavery, built the Balkan stream through which Gazprom supplies gas to Serbia and other countries, said that he did not want military maneuvers on the shores of our Black Sea, but wanted to see tourist vessels. There is no trace of that Borisov who tried to be flexible, times have changed, the US is in an undeclared geopolitical battle with Russia, and he is quickly becoming a hawk from a dove. If he has to surrender our national interests regarding North Macedonia, he is ready to do so, if only Washington will like him again and help him return to power.
But that doesn’t just depend on Uncle Sam. In the next elections, the Bulgarian people will have a say, and they will not forgive him for this sin.
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