Struga, 7 April 2024 (MIA) - Macedonia must continue its Euro-integration path, but not at all costs, because we must join the European Union with our head held high, as Macedonians and as a separate nation, ZNAM Movement’s presidential candidate Maksim Dimitrievski said Sunday during his campaign activities in Struga.

Dimitrievski pledged to be a president of all citizens. He said he would propose that the political entities from both the government and opposition sign a national platform on Macedonian national interests.

“I will work on the concept of establishing an independent body of experts from the European Union, who apart from analyzing all judgement [of the European Court of Human Rights] in Strasbourg against Bulgaria regarding the lack of rights of the Macedonian organizations there, would also work on the negotiating framework, aided by domestic experts, in order to adapt it to the generally acceptable social circumstances in Macedonia, in accordance with the wishes of the Macedonian citizens,” Dimitrievski said. 

Dimitrievski said it is impermissible for the existence of the Macedonian people and nation to be denied.

“We exist in continuity as a people and as a language with our own history and culture, and this reflects the commitments and struggles of our ancestors. It is impermissible for someone who is an EU member to continue to deny our existence in the 21st century,” Dimitrievski said. 

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