Mickoski is a good sign that we have a good solution

Xhabir Deralla / Photo: SP. archive

The last step to the beginning of negotiations for EU membership, for the European future, is in front of us. It is a wise and sensible thing to do. Otherwise, denials and disputes will only intensify.

There is no need for leadership meetings or any negotiations and agreements with anti-Western political entities. It is not worth discussing anything with them. Especially after they express their position on the street, in front of the Government, at press conferences, in statements to the media... I would say that the media under their control, which carry out continuous anti-Western, nationalist and pro-Russian propaganda, is a sufficient argument for isolation and ignoring.

They don't need information, arguments, facts. They have pre-prepared attitudes and positions. The script, banners, t-shirts and other props are always ready for them, before anything happens. What is the point of discussing with them when they don't want to read or listen? There is no better example of this than Mickoski's own admission that he had not even read the solution to the Macedonian-Bulgarian dispute. In a normal country, it would be a political career-killing blunder, and whoever pulls off such a blunder would become a joke. Here, it is sold as patriotism.

What is at stake? With an anti-Western and nationalist campaign, full of manipulations and lies, and probably with money and promises, they are luring people to protest against good solutions that will fulfill the decade-long expectations for the start of EU integration negotiations. They capitalize on that to score cheap political points and blackmail.
What is the motive? From an airplane, you can see whose interests they and the intellectuals are working for, who simply do not want to see Macedonia in the EU, in NATO, to be part of the family of developed and rich democracies in the world. In this context, it doesn't even matter if they work for money or from their own convictions.

Therefore, there is really no need to waste more time on reaching a "broad consensus", where you have a soldier's car for the demolition of the European road. There is no consensus there. And, after all, there is no reason to treat anti-Western installations as an equal partner in critical processes and decisions in the country.

The non-acceptance of the new solutions for the Macedonian-Bulgarian dispute favors precisely the Bulgarian politicians who deny the Macedonian language. At least that is clear.

Let's repeat: Political infantilism, incompetence and obsession must not be conditions for sitting down at the table where agreements are reached, much less consensus. Simply because it is impossible. If the eternally frowning Mickoski does not agree with something, it does not mean that there is no consensus in the country. On the contrary. Where anti-Western installations and criminals in politics show, trouble lies. The solutions are on the opposite side of their signposts!

It is important to understand that they are working against Macedonian national interests. Let's be clear, their political action is completely against the national interests, and thus they underestimate all the efforts to protect the Macedonian language, the Macedonian ethnic and cultural identity. The identity and uniqueness of the Macedonian language is protected by the Government after the fall of Gruevski's regime, it is protected by progressive intellectuals and media. It has been proven so many times and is proven daily, that there really is no need to explain it separately.

It is not surprising that the wave of negative reactions also affected those who are considered progressive and pro-Western characters in the public. Simply, the long-term propaganda and creation of a negative atmosphere in society, in which nationalism is nurtured, not only in its simple form, but also in its subtly disguised forms, are taking their toll. Combined with the masochistic urge (I have no better explanation) to play rather with the enemy of our common future, you get a hysterical and divided society where opinion makers only hear and read words, not string them together into sentences. For five minutes of fame among quasi-patriots, they sacrifice the future of their country. Who knows, they might come to power, so it's good to have some point with them...

We have never had a cleaner situation. The last step to the beginning of the negotiations for EU membership, for the European future, is in front of us. It is a wise and sensible thing to do. Otherwise, denials and disputes will only intensify. And the defense against them, instead of in the European institutions, will remain on social networks. Once again the truth is confirmed that it is easier to hate mindlessly than to build with mind.

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