Within the current European Parliament, there are several painful issues on which Bulgaria has not been able to categorically enough carry out the relevant mandatory actions on the international field to affirm the Bulgarian national position. We are making a policy for ourselves, within our national borders, not fully realizing what the European Union represents.
This was what international analyst Miroslav Popov told FOCUS.
According to him, Emmanuel Macron overestimated himself when he decided that he could resolve the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute, and Bulgarian diplomacy was "put to sleep" by the Brussels decisions. "It continues to rest on the created construction regarding North Macedonia and relies on automatism", Popov added.
He commented on the position expressed by the rapporteur on the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia, Thomas Weitz, about "Bulgarian genocide" on the Macedonian language. Weitz is a member of the Greens and the European Free Alliance.
"The behavior of this Austrian Green is very scandalous, but it is neither an individual act nor accidental. This is simply a link in the provocations that the Skopje authorities are carrying out against Bulgaria", said Miroslav Popov.
According to him, the Greens are exhibiting extremely inadequate behavior on issues of ethnic and religious identity. "They enjoy broad media support and decreasing electoral support. They focused on ethno-religious differences, completely and initially ignoring the issue of national communities. The idea of opposing "minorities" to nations is a rather reactionary, sinister idea that has already been rejected", he commented.
This can only be countered by the Bulgarian side through more active diplomacy. "Thin diplomacy needs to be deprofessionalized a bit, giving a voice to the people and to non-governmental structures that can take on this dispute. At least in Bulgaria, this is not happening at all", Popov added.