Bulgarian parliament building. File photoMOSCOW, June 24The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bulgarian Parliament voted to overturn the veto on negotiations on the accession to the European Union of North Macedonia, according to the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). talks with Albania and North Macedonia on EU accession at the end of March 2020, but the process has not been launched, in particular because it is blocked by Bulgaria. The Parliament in full force will consider the issue of North Macedonia on Friday. At the summit in Brussels Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said the government was waiting for a positive decision. «If they decide to start the process, the government will approve it relatively quickly,» Agence France-Presse quoted the prime minister as saying. There is no consensus on the North Macedonian issue within the Bulgarian political elite. Petkov advocates a policy of rapprochement with Skopje, disagreement with this course was one of the reasons for leaving the ruling coalition of the party «There is such a people» led by populist Slavi Trifonov. .jpg» />Bulgarians ridiculed the prime minister, who accused Russia of «overthrowing» the government
