A street vendor fixes North Macedonia’s flag next to an EU flag in a street in Skopje, May 3, 2019 – Boris Grdanoski/AP
However, it lacked the parliamentary majority to effect the change, and Hristijan Mickoski’s new conservative government says it will only amend the constitution if Bulgaria first approves North Macedonia’s EU membership.
Previously, the country’s EU path was blocked for years by neighbouring Greece over another dispute over history and heritage.
That was settled with the 2018 Prespa Agreement which saw North Macedonia change its name from “the Republic of Macedonia”.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, North Macedonia’s President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova complained that her country’s slow progress towards EU membership was like “waiting for Godot”.
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