MACEDONIA IN THE WAITING ROOM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: BETRAYED HOPES.

Viktorija Kafedjiska.

doi:10.21474/IJAR01/6625

26 Feb 2018 Vol. 6 (02) pp. 1835-1841 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6625

MACEDONIA IN THE WAITING ROOM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: BETRAYED HOPES.

Viktorija Kafedjiska.

European University Republic of Macedonia, Faculty of Law, Boulevard Saint Clement Ohridski 68, 1000 Skopje, MK

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Abstract

After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia the European perspective of the Republic of Macedonia looked promising. Macedonia was the first in the region to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement but has not yet entered into accession negotiations. Among the obstacles is the unresolved name dispute with Greece. Greece conditions EU accession of the Republic of Macedonia at the expense of its constitutional name. Does the EU step over its core values of justice, freedom and human rights, precisely in the case of Macedonia? Macedonia has received eight recommendations to access negotiations, but a date has not been pr?cised yet. Should Macedonia, which geographically and culturally belongs to the European Union, seek an alternative, or persevere in its declared course towards integration into the European Union?

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Viktorija Kafedjiska. (2018); MACEDONIA IN THE WAITING ROOM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: BETRAYED HOPES., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 6 (02), 1835-1841, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6625

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Viktorija Kafedjiska
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