Skopje, 3 July 2025 (MIA) - In an interview on Thursday evening, President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova praised the idea of constitutional amendments with delayed effect, stressing that no one would lose anything with such a solution. The negotiating framework does not give a deadline for the implementation of the constitutional amendments, she said.

“We would guarantee that we would include the Bulgarians [in the Constitution], while they wouldn't obstruct us, so that this amendment can enter into force as soon as possible,” Siljanovska-Davkova said.

In the interview the President also said the country paid a high price with the Prespa Agreement, stressing that the Agreement was not beneficial for the country, if it had been beneficial, she said, the country would have already been in the EU.  

“The same road signs remain in Greece, the three memoranda have not been adopted yet, the second part of the agreement on relations in education, science, culture, economy, have not been implemented. I expected Greece to be the one to point out to the European Council and to Bulgaria that the issue is resolved in Article 7, to indicate that if it states there that for the second party the term Macedonia refers to a territory, a people with its own history, culture, and language, then we shouldn't have to prove ourselves and reach compromises with every neighbor,” Siljanovska-Davkova stressed.

The President went on to say she believes Bulgaria was inspired by the Prespa Agreement to come up with demands obstructing the country’s EU path.

“I believe Bulgaria's inspiration came from the Prespa Agreement. In 1999, we had an agreement with Bulgaria that does not mention any requirement to include a minority in the Constitution or form commissions. Nothing has changed since then. When they recognized us in 1993, they did not demand anything. What is this new issue that has suddenly emerged as a problem? The danger of us joining the EU? Then the problem isn't with us, but with the EU's rules, which need to be changed as soon as possible,” the President said. 

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