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This article is from the Macedonia FAQ, by Angelos Karageorgiou angelos@iqs.gr with numerous contributions by others.

10) What are Greece's objections with FYROM's constitution?

There are two points of concern

In their preamble, they define their FYROM state as a departure
from the " ...historic decisions of the Anti-Fascist Assembly of
the People's Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM)... ". The problem is
that ASNOM had called for the "Macedonians" in Bulgaria and other
countries to unite under Tito's rule.

Their language in article 49 is also problematic (too extensive to
go into here).

At Greece's request they have added 2 amendements stating that they
have no claims on neighbouring countries. Still, that is in
contradiction with their preample, and it is to their benefit
to rewrite those articles to avoid contradictions and vagueries in
their Constitution.

 

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