The Macedonian Question.

The idea was that you would be Greek foreign minister, not the Bulgarian foreign minister of Greece hehe.

Originally posted by Zagros I mean the FYROM; they should invade and change the name of the country as well as its constitution.  Such a thing is now legal under international law relating to wars of aggression since the UK and US did it in Iraq, they also pushed for a literal change to that effect.

hehe, well i dont think they will repeat the mistakes of the anglophones in direct engagement. Why go to so much trouble when the albanians can do the job for you? in the end the only thing stopping them from making Tetevo a state is outside materail support for Skopje, including Greece.

Wednesday, 02 April 2008

Greece should be punished with sanctions if it blocks Macedonia's admission to NATO, German Green MEP Angelika Beer said in an interview for Deutsche Welle.
"If the veto does happen, I believe that we should consider sanctions against Greece to make it understand that it cannot bring schism in the alliance because of its own nationalist interests," Beer said.

According to Beer, the growing nationalism in Greece hampers the further expansion of NATO and poses a serious security risk.

"This dispute over Macedonia shows that some European nations started to play with very important security-political issues simply because it suits their own national interests. It is unacceptable position," Beer told Deutsche Welle.

Beer, however, hopes that Greece will quit its plan to veto Macedonia's membership in NATO given the existential and security interests in the region.

Originally posted by Theodore Felix "If the veto does happen, I believe that we should consider sanctions against Greece to make it understand that it cannot bring schism in the alliance because of its own nationalist interests," Beer said.

That statement is hypocrisy from Beer...Specifically "it cannot bring schism in the alliance because of its own nationalist interests".

The three keywords are "nationalist", "schism" and  "interests".

What about the nationalist interests of the other part? What about whos interested in building more bases near Russia? What about the schism when you try to put two countries that are not doing well in the same alliance?


Edited by Flipper - 02-Apr-2008 at 22:09

Yep, Skopje was disappointed by Bulgarian position which was something from the sort of -- "History should not be falsified by any side"

Originally posted by Theodore Felix Wednesday, 02 April 2008 Greece should be punished with sanctions if it blocks Macedonia's admission to NATO, German Green MEP Angelika Beer said in an interview for Deutsche Welle. "If the veto does happen, I believe that we should consider sanctions against Greece to make it understand that it cannot bring schism in the alliance because of its own nationalist interests," Beer said. According to Beer, the growing nationalism in Greece hampers the further expansion of NATO and poses a serious security risk. "This dispute over Macedonia shows that some European nations started to play with very important security-political issues simply because it suits their own national interests. It is unacceptable position," Beer told Deutsche Welle. Beer, however, hopes that Greece will quit its plan to veto Macedonia's membership in NATO given the existential and security interests in the region.

LOL, we are the only nationalistic ones, Skopians are innocent sheep.

Like if i the Hellenic Republic and Cyprus would need to translators for their international communication.

Well sometimes it IS hard to understand them 

Just kidding

The German Green is out of line, they push ethno-nationalism to split up Yugoslavia, kosovo anyone, it is all good 'for freeedom and democracy' when it suites them but when it doesnt fit into their plans, its 'nationalism' gone wrong. His opinion wont change the situation

A intresting article that present the Greek thesis as about the issue (FYROM entrance in NATO) post it from SAE and you can read it  here.

Edited by akritas - 03-Apr-2008 at 15:10

If in the Greek nationalist number you add the 120 US Senates  (Obama, Snow, Menentez e.t.c.)   that expressing the sense of the Senate that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between FYROM and Greece regarding `hostile activities or propaganda' and should work with the United Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually-acceptable official name for FYROM (110th USA Senate resolution 300)........ then Chilbudios ......I am a Greek nationalist.!!!

Edited by akritas - 03-Apr-2008 at 16:44