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By Amalia Koleka “The future is certain; it is the past that is unpredictable” – Soviet joke. If we were to believe Denko Maleski[1], North Macedonia’s ex-foreign minister, left unmediated the Macedonian-Bulgarian dispute could turn into bigger crisis than the naming bone of contention North Macedonia went through with Greece, one keeping record for the longest lasting EU diplomatic dispute. The vetoing apparatus has become a dysfunctional accession mechanism, frequently used to support geo-strategic national interests, diverging from its true intent of realistically assessing the potential of non-member states for integration. What are the chances that this friction persists, and…
