Greek MEP Emanuil Kefalogiannis said that there was no need for the representatives of North Macedonia to put on headphones for translation when someone speaks in Bulgarian.
Kefalogiannis' statement came during a meeting of the European Parliament, BGNES reported.
"I see that when my Bulgarian colleagues speak, you put on your headphones. Let's do an experiment. Speak in your language, for us MEPs, to see if our Bulgarian colleagues will put on their headphones to hear the translation of what you have to say. Because even many officials of your country and ministers have assumed that your language is 90% similar to Bulgarian," Kefalogiannis said.
He again raised the issue of the use of the constitutional name of North Macedonia by the government in Skopje.
"The new government that emerged after the recent elections in your country continues to use the term 'Macedonia' and 'Macedonian', violating the most important condition of the agreement with Greece: erga omnes", the Greek MEP added.
BGNES recalls that after the signing of the Prespa Agreement (by the governments of Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras) in 2018, the former Republic of Macedonia changed its constitutional name to North Macedonia. | BGNES