site.btaContinue the Change Co-Leader: EU Backed Bulgaria by Decoupling Albania from North Macedonia's EU Accession Path

Continue the Change (CC) co-leader Kiril Petkov told reporters here on Thursday that time has shown that the French proposal made during CC's government proved to be very good for Bulgaria. Petkov added that the entire European Union chose to stand on Bulgaria's side by decoupling the Republic of North Macedonia from Albania on their EU accession path. He stated that the Republic of North Macedonia must decide whether it wants to acknowledge in its Constitution the presence of Bulgarians as an ethnic minority in its country, as otherwise its path to the EU would close down.

Petkov was hopeful that Skopje would reconsider its position in order to catch up to Albania's progress.