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Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 16317 | 28 January 2026

Signatories:
Ms Denitsa SACHEVA, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Ms Boriana ÅBERG, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Ms Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Bulgaria, ECPA ; Ms Nadejda IORDANOVA, Bulgaria, NR ; Mr Mihail MITOV, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Rónán MULLEN, Ireland, EPP/CD ; Mr Krasimir YORDANOV, Bulgaria, SOC
Origin
2026 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly expresses concern about reports of hate speech and incidents of hostility targeting persons belonging to the Bulgarian ethnic minority. It underlines that combatting hate speech and hate crime is a core obligation of Council of Europe member States and calls on the authorities to adopt comprehensive measures, including awareness-raising, training of law enforcement and judicial authorities, and the systematic collection of disaggregated data."