The victory of VMRO-DPMNE was one of the worst news for Bulgaria, which could be imagined from the end of the election day in the Republic of North Macedonia. The coming to power of this party means putting Bulgarian-Macedonian relations at risk for a long time, creates long-term problems between Sofia and Skopje.
This is what he told "Euronews Bulgaria" the journalist and international analyst Nikolay Krastev.
During the campaign, the leader of DPMNE, the party that won the most votes, even suggested that President Rumen Radev, like Viktor Orbán, leave the Council of the European Union and go for a coffee, so that the European integration of North Macedonia can be unblocked . This won't just be a tease, this will be reality.
Nikolay Krastev shared that he is not very optimistic about the development of Bulgarian-Macedonian relations. The protocol does not require that the president or the prime minister of Bulgaria be invited to the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected president of the Republic of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, but according to Krastev, it would be good if the Bulgarian rulers were invited.
Gordana Silyanovska-Davkova knows Bulgaria well and it is a fact that she has Bulgarian relatives, but she is a person who will profess a hostile policy towards our country and this is the style that the entire ruling party in our neighbor will show, Nikolay Krastev also pointed out.