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The prime minister and the cabinet will soon soften their stance on North Macedonia. This was predicted to BNR by Stanimir Panayotov, a research associate at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Skopje and at the Center for Academic Research in Sofia.
“The firm position of Zaharieva or of the cabinet, whatever you want to call it, will soon become an international laughingstock,” Stanimir Panayotov said, recalling Prime Minister Borissov’s policy of “throwing his colleagues and political partners under the bus.” . Panayotov added that Borissov “will not be in heaven as a leader for long and no political leader wants to be remembered, especially in international history, as a separator.”
“Most likely we will see the usual scenario in which Borisov softens his position and tries to become the good unifying father of the Western Balkans.” Stanimir Panayotov highlighted in the program “Horizon until noon”.
“It doesn’t take much for Borisov, the cabinet, even the entire Bulgarian people to become hostage to the IMRO demands, for the simple reason that they arise organically and spontaneously from Bulgarian history, from Bulgarian historical science and education in history. In Bulgaria, these ideas of a certain Bulgarian Macedonianism nourish us with them “.
“To a large extent, this veto is held hostage by the so-called Bulgarian IMRO party, which for the first time since its inception in the early 90’s have the opportunity to present their own thesis on the international stage. This is a very important moment for the Bulgarian IMRO “, commented Stanimir Panayotov. Each country in the European Union has its own form of nationalism and dramatic reactions to local nationalism. The question is whether this nationalism or patriotism is understandable. The main problem is whether they understand us, not yet, he said. . “Although it is a foreign policy action and an instrument, the imposition of a veto, this is only an occasion for the payment of internal bills with ourselves. It is essentially an internal insecurity related to our own identity, “said Panayotov.
The truth is that despite geographical proximity, 200 kilometers from Sofia, North Macedonia remains an extremely distant country for Bulgaria, Panayotov added. “Being a Bulgarian or Bulgarian Macedonian, a citizen of North Macedonia, is just an alternative way of being a Macedonian patriot. And this is very difficult to understand in Bulgaria.” The communication channels through which other political conversations can take place in our country on the issue of North Macedonia they are quite limited, said the scientist.
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