The Bulgarian parliament strongly condemned the attacks on Macedonian lawmakers inside the legislature in Skopje on Thursday by supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE party.
“The aggression against our colleagues is an intolerable violation of the parliamentary institution and of democracy,” the Bulgarian MPs said in a declaration adopted on Friday, which calls on Macedonia not to allow provocations that could lead to ethnic violence.Politicians in the Balkans frequently accuse the EU of double standards in its dealings with the region. Do they have a point?
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