Разширяване на ЕС – европейската интеграция в контекста на двустранните отношения между България и Северна Македония (2017 – 2025)
EU Enlargement – European Integration in the Context of Bilateral Relations between Bulgaria and North Macedonia (2017 – 2025)

Author(s): Metodiy Ivanov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Geopolitics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: European integration; North Macedonia; Bulgaria; conflicts; constitutional reforms
Summary/Abstract: The report examines North Macedonia's EU integration through the prism of its bilateral relations with Bulgaria. Key elements are analyzed – the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation, the „Bulgarian Veto“, the „French Proposal“, the change of power in Skopje. The methodology uses multi-theoretical framework: neoliberal institutionalism, constructivism, and conflict theory. The aim of this complex approach is to analyze whether and how the European integration process can be used as a tool for resolving such a deep-seated bilateral political dispute. Finally, the paper reviews potential future scenarios and the prospects for Skopje's full membership.

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