Mickoski: The Government will not enter into a process of constitutional amendments without the fulfillment of two key conditions

Skopje – The Government will not enter a process of constitutional amendments without the fulfillment of two key conditions, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski.

“It is important that two things are a constant and they are unchangeable. First, we must have clear guarantees from the European Council, in the form of conclusions, that the Macedonian identity and the Macedonian language are inviolable and that when Macedonia becomes part of the EU, the Macedonian language will be official. Also, the process must be conducted on the basis of the Copenhagen criteria, without new bilateral issues,” Mickoski emphasized in the Topic of the Day on TV Sitel.

The second condition, according to him, is the fulfillment of the obligations by the eastern neighbor.

“If we are delivering capitulations from previous politicians, then at least one thing should be fulfilled – the registration of non-governmental organizations, such as OMO Ilinden Pirin, in accordance with 14 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights,” said the Prime Minister.

He added that he will not accept a process without certainty of a successful end.

“Citizens are frustrated, we have given a lot for integration – name, flag, banknotes, several changes to the Constitution. Every time a condition is met, a new one comes. I can no longer expose myself to such a thing,” Mickoski stressed.

The Prime Minister pointed out that there had been initiatives from influential EU member states for bilateral talks, but they were unsuccessful.

“There were initiatives from many influential member states of the European Union, and also from many influential politicians in Brussels, to arrange a meeting at which, at a bilateral level, there would be talks between the ministers, let’s say for foreign affairs. Those initiatives, imagine, were unsuccessful. There was no response from the other side,” Mickoski emphasized.

According to him, if such a meeting cannot be scheduled, if the official representatives from neighboring Sofia cannot be brought to that meeting, then what kind of guarantees can be discussed that this will be the last one.

“Others say: ‘Have you tried to talk at a bilateral level with official Sofia?’ All right, people, let’s clear this up. Is this a bilateral problem or, as you say, a problem between us – Skopje, Sofia and Brussels. Let’s see whether it is multilateral or bilateral. If it is bilateral, then we are right. This is a process of bilateralization, and not Copenhagen criteria. If so, we should know,” emphasized the Prime Minister. (15 December 2025)