{"id":39357,"date":"2022-07-05T16:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=39357"},"modified":"2022-07-05T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:46:29","slug":"why-do-some-macedonians-fear-the-french-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/why-do-some-macedonians-fear-the-french-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do some Macedonians fear the French proposal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kristijan Benito is one of the protestors in North Macedonia who has been sleeping under the open sky for the past 4 days due to anti-government protests currently taking place in Skopje.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sleep under open sky because my identity is Macedonian and my language is Macedonian,\u2019\u201d \u2013 said Benito, who is afraid that his language and identity are being threatened by his Bulgarian neighbors and the French proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t allow for our nation to be assimilated. Our ancestors fought their own war, our generation must fight theirs. Nothing is excessive if your ideals are being questioned,\u201d \u2013 he added.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 4 days since numerous protestors led by the main Macedonian opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, have been asking the government to refuse the French proposal.<\/p>\n<p>They are also asking the government to refuse to subject themselves to Bulgaria\u2019s demands, which they see as nothing but a gateway towards the &#8216;<em>Bulgarization<\/em> of books and national heroes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should immediately resign and we must hold snap elections. An administration that is pro-Macedonian should come to power that will bring the country to its previous independent state,\u201d \u2013 said a citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration isn\u2019t legitimate and it must go. 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