https://english.republika.mk/news/ba...nian-minority/
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Indeed, the Balkan countries have adopted (or been pressured to sign) the Council of Europe Framework Convention, which seeks to enshrine the principles of liberal democracy, which not only ensures the power of the majorities but also protects the rights of minorities. However, this convention is precisely a "framework" - it lacks even a definition of a national minority. Due to the very different traditions of the individual countries, it was left to them to define exactly what this would be.
There is no Bulgarian minority in Northern Macedonia, there is no Macedonian in Bulgaria. According to some / the Bulgarians / this means that the Macedonians are Bulgarians, according to others / the North Macedonians / - that the North Macedonians have nothing in common with the Bulgarians.
According to the basic law of Bulgaria, the Constitution in Bulgaria has no national minorities, only ethnic ones. According to the basic law of the Republic of Bulgaria, our state is mono-national and unitary, as no autonomous territories are allowed on its territory.
The issue of the "Macedonian minority" has been settled and there is no need for a Brussels official who does not represent where Strumica is, where Doyran is, where it is Doyran.
^ l agree, there is zero Bulgars anywhere throughout Balkans, except ones who call themselves Gagauzi