VIDEO INTERVIEW | Marković: Social democracy will have to return to its ideological roots
Those who are richer always have an advantage, we believe that they are accomplished persons and that they have managed processes, so they will be able to manage the state as well. However, social democracy will have to return to some of its ideological roots, it will have to return to existential issues, to that social liberalism
There's a rather neoliberal turn in social democracy, where practically a lot of social democratic parties are kind of wedded to big corporations and companies, and I think that's what's causing some disdain among some of the electorate, especially the middle class and below. And maybe some change in the Social Democratic Union would be good, says Prof. Nenad Markovic.
- We have a tradition for prime ministers of choosing prime ministers who are businessmen, well-off, managers, that is, we have that technocratic mythology with us, people who are capable, who know how to manage processes, but these are people who are not even from the middle class. rather they are from the upper class. Our last premiers, including the last one, are of the high class. Those who are richer always have an advantage, we believe that they are accomplished persons and that they have managed processes, so they will be able to manage the state as well. However, social democracy will have to return to some of its ideological roots, it will have to return to existential issues, to that certain social-liberalism. The existential component is very important, the right-wing parties took that space, they occupied it. Right-wing parties carry more social democratic measures than social democratic parties. A typical social democratic measure is your benefits, which you give to agriculture or any other economic branch in the economy - says Marković.
The professor believes that the Government of Macedonia functions stably and there is no reason for any changes.
- The government has a very solid majority in the Parliament, with relatively good relations between the partners in the government, but of course with small inter-ethnic upheavals, because Vlen will have to pull on its side, the balancer will have to be replaced by another law, however, none of it will get out of hand, nor will in the future it will get out of hand. What will cause tensions in the long run is the inclusion of the Bulgarian minority in the Constitution - he claims.
Markovic is not sure that the current government's plan for delayed effect of the constitutional amendments will be able to pass, because the previous government had the same proposal, but it was rejected in the negotiations by the other side.
- The last government tried the same thing, they weren't fools to not remember such a thing, Filipche confirmed that, and I, as a member of the Security Council, discussed this topic with President Pendarovski, but then the Bulgarians started it refusedher, they want to have a little more room for maneuver, to blackmail for a historical commission, for hate speech, all that was included in the famous second protocol and in the negotiation framework - he says, adding that if the new Government is capable of ensuring a change in the negotiation framework and to bring about constitutional changes with delayed effect, he gives great support to that initiative.