Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria

Amendment No. 4 | Doc. 16246 | 30 September 2025

Signatories:

Ms Marija PETRUSHEVSKA, North Macedonia, EPP/CD ; Mr Bekim KJOKU, North Macedonia, SOC ; Ms Bisera KOSTADINOVSKA-STOJCHEVSKA, North Macedonia, SOC ; Ms Elvira KOVÁCS, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Ms Nađa LAKOVIĆ, Montenegro, EPP/CD ; Mr Jan Filip LIBICKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia, EPP/CD ; Ms Jorida TABAKU, Albania

Origin

2025 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 17, insert the following paragraphs:

"The Assembly remains concerned about the fragile situation of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. The Macedonian ethnic minority are not recognised by the authorities as a ‘national minority’ under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (ETS No. 157) (ratified by Bulgaria in 1999), and in addition, the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the refusal to register associations of ethnic Macedonians (UMO Ilinden and Others v. Bulgaria) have not been implemented.

The Assembly urges the Bulgarian authorities to pursue their efforts to achieve tangible progress in the recognition and integration of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria and implementation of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to this minority."

Explanatory note

The amendment its addressing the longstanding issue of not respecting the human right of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria as well the no implementation of the ECRH judgments for 18 years related with the case UMO Ilinden and Others v. Bulgaria.