{"id":12873,"date":"2021-05-06T07:55:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T07:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=12873"},"modified":"2021-05-06T13:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:51:44","slug":"pm-zaev-we-dont-want-eu-membership-if-we-have-to-renounce-our-language-and-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-zaev-we-dont-want-eu-membership-if-we-have-to-renounce-our-language-and-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Zaev: We don\u2019t want EU membership if we have to renounce our language and identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disagreements with Bulgaria have brought North Macedonia\u2019s bid for EU membership to a stalemate.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has ruled out any possibility to renounce the Macedonian language and identity for the sake of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need the European Union if the price we have to pay for that is to give up the Macedonian language and identity, because we would be like dust disappearing in the air and there would be no one left to enter the EU\u201d, said Zaev.<\/p>\n<p>PM Zaev said that the country is reaching out for a helping hand to member states to lift the Bulgarian veto and launch membership talks with the bloc. But on the other hand, he emphasized the commitment to pursue negotiations with neighbor Bulgaria in order to resolve their dispute based on European values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Bulgaria is heading towards new parliamentary polls, I hope we\u2019ll reach a deal with their interim government. We have sealed other major agreements, defending our national distinctive features, as this is about the right to self-determination. We cannot sign any agreement that would determine our identity or language. This runs counter to European principles and values\u201d, argues Zaev.<\/p>\n<p>Last November, Bulgaria blocked the accession negotiations with North Macedonia, calling on the latter to admit that the Macedonian language and identity have \u201cBulgarian roots\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2020\/11\/16\/is-bulgaria-blocking-north-macedonia-s-eu-path\/\">Is Bulgaria blocking North Macedonia\u2019s EU path?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2020\/11\/07\/bulgaria-blocks-north-macedonia-s-eu-bid-admit-your-bulgarian-roots\/\">Bulgaria blocks North Macedonia\u2019s EU bid: Admit your Bulgarian roots<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2021\/01\/05\/corridor-viii-north-macedonia-s-hope-to-establish-ties-with-bulgaria\/\">Corridor VIII, North Macedonia\u2019s hope of establishing ties with Bulgaria<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disagreements with Bulgaria have brought North Macedonia\u2019s bid for EU membership to a stalemate. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has ruled out any possibility to renounce the Macedonian language and identity for the sake of the EU. \u201cWe don\u2019t need the European Union if the price we have to pay for that is to give up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Zaev: We don\u2019t want EU membership if we have to renounce our language and identity - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-zaev-we-dont-want-eu-membership-if-we-have-to-renounce-our-language-and-identity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Zaev: We don\u2019t want EU membership if we have to renounce our language and identity - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Disagreements with Bulgaria have brought North Macedonia\u2019s bid for EU membership to a stalemate. 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