THE PRESPA AGREEMENT: THE PRICE PAID FOR MACEDONIA’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
THE PRESPA AGREEMENT: THE PRICE PAID FOR MACEDONIA’S EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Summary/Abstract: This article intends to analyze the issue of constitutional reforms in Macedonia, as implemented under the Prespa Agreement – an international agreement signed on June 17, 2018 by the foreign ministers of the Republic of Macedonia and Greece and the UN mediator on behalf of the dispute – Matei Nimetz. According to the agreement, Macedonia should change its name to Northern Macedonia so that the official name of the country is the Republic of North Macedonia. Officially, the Prespa Agreement is called the “Final Agreement” which resolves the disputes shown in UN Security Council Resolutions no. 817 and 845 of 1993, which replaces the Interim Agreement between Greece and Macedonia of 1995. The interest is to establish a strategic partnership between the parties and to allow the Republic of Macedonia to join the EU and NATO. The main purpose of this article is to establish a clearer picture of the European aspirations of the Republic of Macedonia and the price it has to pay in the context of the break-up of Yugoslavia and the problems it faces.

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