EUROPA
Qué conllevaría un acuerdo griego-macedonio sobre el nombre de la república
June 14, 2018 -
Durante 27 años, Grecia y Macedonia han estado inmersas en una de
las disputas más extrañas de la diplomacia internacional: cómo debería
llamarse la joven y pequeña nación sin litoral de 2,1 millones de habitantes, a nivel nacional como en el extranjero.
A tentative agreement between their prime ministers could now lead to full normalisation of the two neighbours’ relations, while clearing the main obstacle to realising Macedonia’s dream of becoming part of NATO and the European Union.
Conservative main opposition parties in both countries are against the deal, arguing that it is too generous to the other side. But neither would be able, on its own, to block parliamentary approval of the agreement.
Macedonia’s head of state, conservative-rooted President Gjorge Ivanov, has unequivocally rejected changing the country’s name in its constitution. By law, his signature is necessary for the agreement approved in parliament to be legal, but it is unclear whether he will be able to derail it.