Why does EU not support Greece in the Macedonia name dispute?

People in the European Union have the misconception that this issue is only about the name. First of all if it was just about the name FYROM would have found something else already. read more

In exchange, the Greek PM announced that Greece could consent to Macedonia's bid to the Adriatic-Ionian Cooperation Agreement and the Hellenic Parliament could ratify the second phase of the FYROM – European Union Association Agreement as part of the Accession of Macedonia to the European Union which was blocked in 2009 by Greece owing to the name dispute. read more

The leaders of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia agreed, at least in principle, to end a dispute that has divided the Balkan neighbors for more than seven decades. read more

Greece has agreed that, until the dispute is formally resolved, the republic can be referred to internationally as "FYROM" — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. That is the name under which it was admitted to the United Nations in 1993. read more