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2.7.2025 A10-0118/8
Amendment 8
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
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Amendment
– having regard to the Protocol of the second session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission set up under Article 12 of the Treaty of friendship, good neighbourly relations and cooperation between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, held on 17 July 2022,
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/9
Amendment 9
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
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Recital H a (new)
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Amendment
Ha. whereas finding a shared narrative on their common history is the necessary foundation on which Bulgaria and North Macedonia should build their relations; whereas the relationship between the future generations of North Macedonia and Bulgaria will be a reflection of the educational processes in the two countries;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/10
Amendment 10
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
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Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
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Hb. whereas currently, North Macedonia’s EU accession process and the pace thereof are entirely dependent on the Macedonian Government and Assembly;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/11
Amendment 11
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
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(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
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L. whereas the EU has consistently demonstrated its recognition of the Macedonian language and identity;
L. whereas the EU has consistently demonstrated its recognition of the contemporary Macedonian language and identity;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/12
Amendment 12
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3. Recalls the need to maintain the momentum and credibility of the EU integration process; notes that North Macedonia continues to demonstrate commitment to EU integration and alignment with EU policies; calls for the swift advancement of accession negotiations, while noting the importance of adopting the constitutional amendments; urges the European Council to signal, publicly and unequivocally, that the Council intends to swiftly and unconditionally take the positive decision to enter into the next phase of accession negotiations with North Macedonia once the conditions of its conclusions of 18 July 2022 have been fulfilled, while fully respecting the Macedonian language and identity; encourages all political parties in North Macedonia to engage in constructive dialogue to achieve the necessary consensus on these amendments, which would strengthen the country’s multi-ethnic character and accelerate its progress towards EU membership; believes that strengthening the links between the multiple ethnicities is essential for improving social cohesion and ensuring more effective governance; calls on the Member States, the Council and the Commission to safeguard the predictability and credibility of the accession process, also with a view to maintaining popular support for accession in enlargement countries;
3. Recalls the need to maintain the momentum and credibility of the EU integration process; notes that North Macedonia continues to demonstrate commitment to EU integration and alignment with EU policies; calls for the swift advancement of accession negotiations, while noting the importance of adopting the constitutional amendments; urges the European Council to signal, publicly and unequivocally, that the Council intends to swiftly and unconditionally take the positive decision to enter into the next phase of accession negotiations with North Macedonia once the conditions of its conclusions of 18 July 2022 have been fulfilled, while fully respecting the contemporary Macedonian language and identity; encourages all political parties in North Macedonia to engage in constructive dialogue to achieve the necessary consensus on these amendments, which would strengthen the country’s multi-ethnic character and accelerate its progress towards EU membership; believes that strengthening the links between the multiple ethnicities is essential for improving social cohesion and ensuring more effective governance; calls on the Member States, the Council and the Commission to safeguard the predictability and credibility of the accession process, also with a view to maintaining popular support for accession in enlargement countries;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/13
Amendment 13
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
7. Affirms the importance of unequivocally recognising and respecting the Macedonian language and identity as an integral part of the nation’s heritage and constitutional order, but also of European values; notes that the European institutions, in country reports and official documents, consistently refer to the Macedonian language in line with international recognition and the implementation of the Prespa Agreement; reaffirms that the respect for linguistic, cultural and national identity is a fundamental component of the EU accession process and a cornerstone of democratic societies which will be further affirmed with the accession to the family of European nations;
7. Affirms the importance of unequivocally recognising and respecting the contemporary Macedonian language and identity as an integral part of the nation’s heritage and constitutional order, but also of European values; notes that the European institutions, in country reports and official documents, consistently refer to the Macedonian language in line with international recognition and the implementation of the Prespa Agreement; reaffirms that the respect for linguistic, cultural and national identity is a fundamental component of the EU accession process and a cornerstone of democratic societies which will be further affirmed with the accession to the family of European nations;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/14
Amendment 14
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
8. Repeats its calls for the EU’s capacity to act to be enhanced through a reform of its decision-making, including through the introduction of qualified majority voting on the intermediate steps in the accession process, in particular at the start of negotiations and the opening and closing of individual negotiating clusters and chapters;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/15
Amendment 15
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
37. Urges North Macedonia to fully implement the recommendations outlined in the 2023 ECRI report on North Macedonia in order to effectively address the human rights violations identified;
37. Urges North Macedonia to fully implement the recommendations outlined in the 2023 ECRI report on North Macedonia in order to effectively address the human rights violations targeting the Bulgarian community in the country;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/16
Amendment 16
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
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Amendment
45a. Deplores the increasing discrimination against Macedonian Bulgarians, which include, among other examples, the arson of the Bulgarian ‘Ivan Mihaylov’ cultural club NGO in Bitola in June 2022, the shooting at the Bulgarian ‘Tsar Boris III’ cultural club NGO in Ohrid in November 2022, the attack against the Bulgarian State Cultural and Information Centre in Skopje, which was broken into in March 2023, and above all, the severe beating of Christian Pendikov in January 2023, who was attacked because of his Bulgarian ethnicity, as noted by the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ohrid; condemns, in the strongest possible terms, such violent hate crimes;
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2.7.2025 A10-0118/17
Amendment 17
Ivaylo Valchev
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0118/2025
Thomas Waitz
2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia
(2025/2021(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
78a. Urges the North Macedonian Government to swiftly publish all texts already agreed by the Joint Multidisciplinary Expert Commission on Historical and Educational Issues in the respective languages of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, and in English, as agreed under the Second Protocol to the Treaty of friendship, good neighbourly relations and cooperation, in which both countries committed to publish on their government websites, within a period of one month upon signing the Protocol on 17 July 2022, all the results and recommendations to date of the work of the Joint Multidisciplinary Expert Commission;
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