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"Mr President, I will agree, to a certain extent, with what Commissioner Füle said, namely, that we can actually see tangible progress in Macedonia’s development as it advances towards the European Union. However, numerous unresolved issues also remain. For example, the case concerning the registration of the Bulgarian non-governmental organisation ‘RADKO’ has been pending for years on end before the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia. On account of this registration and its rejection, to be more precise, ‘RADKO’ won a case here in the building of the European Court of Human Rights, very close to our Parliament, for which Macedonia was condemned. People considering themselves Bulgarian, whom I will refer to as a ‘Bulgarian ethnic group’ to make it easier, even though this is not an accurate definition, are still the only ethnic group in Macedonia without a registered political party. This is due to the repression that has already been going on for 20 years against anyone declaring that they consider themselves Bulgarian. This has reached the point that these people no longer want to form a political party like all the other ethnic groups in Macedonia are doing. I feel that these issues are vitally important and need to be resolved because they are part of the political criteria which, in my view – and on this point I will disagree with the Commissioner – Macedonia has not met. Until these problems are resolved, it is not possible to initiate any new phase whatsoever in the negotiations on Macedonia’s accession to the European Union."@en1
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