Referendum on the change of name of Macedonia on September 30

On September 30, Macedonia will hold a referendum on the name change in the "Northern Republic of the Republic of Northern Ireland", a crucial vote to resolve a long-standing dispute with Greece, a condition of the revival of its accession to the EU) and NATO

Macedonians are called to answer the question: "are you to join the European Union and NATO, in accepting the agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Greece? " on the future name of the country

A total of 68 deputies out of 120 approved this formulation

Macedonia and Greece signed on June 17 this historic agreement to rename the former Macedonia Macedonia North. This agreement aims to resolve the 27-year dispute over the use of the name "Macedonia".

Greece denies the neighbor or the use of the name "Macedonia", in which he sees territorial ambitions in his northern province, and blocking Macedonia's accession to the EU and NATO

The deputies of the main opposition party (VMRO-DPMNE, right-wing nationalist) left the polls before voting to protest

. an ambiguous and multifaceted question, and especially manipulative, "denounced Igor Janusev, MP VMRO-DPMNE

.The Social Democrat Zoran Zaev said before the vote that this referendum would be" consultative ". its Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras of this agreement, Zaev declared at the beginning of July that the validation procedure would end until January 15, 2019.

The result of the referendum remains uncertain because the opposition of the right, hostile to any compromise with Athens, would be willing to vote "no."

In case of a positive result, a constitutional control must be validated by the Parliament, but by a two-thirds majority.Zaev's government has not this majority.

But the launch of the resolution of this conflict has already given the first results on the diplomatic lands for Macedonia At the summit of 11 and 12 July in Brussels, NATO invited Skopje to open of the membership negotiations with the Alliance.

But Alexis Tsipras warned that if the Macedonian government does not obtain a constitutional revision, NATO is canceled and negotiations with the EU do not move. "

The EU also decided, at the end of June, that accession negotiations should not begin until June 2019.

The two prime ministers had to face strong demonstrations and reactions in their countries , from their right-wing opposition and nationalist factions of public opinion.The Greek opposition denounces a "betrayal" and the Macedonian a "capitulation."

Macedonia, one of the six former republics of the Yugoslav federation proclaimed its independence in 1991 and was admitted to the UN in 1993. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), a name retained by the EU Member States [19659003] But more than 120 countries in the world, including Russia and the United States, have recognized this small state as "Macedonia"

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