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The foundation is also engaged in multicountry research and education initiatives, such as an assessment of human rights in Croatia and Macedonia relative to EU norms, and a project to create four new history textbooks that were developed by 60 historians from 11 countries and which use an inclusive, multiethnic approach to pedagogy.
If you want more evidence then click on the website and read more anti-Macedonian articles. Here's one in particular:
“Action for Europe” in Bitola
EU must speak with one voice
Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM) and the Macedonian Centre for European Training (MCET) held the fourth debate "EU as a global player" on October 15, in Bitola. The debate was opened by Fani Karanfilova-Panovska from FOSIM and Vladimir Taleski, mayor of Bitola.
During the first part of the debate, dedicated to the new External Action Service as a new institutional instrument of the EU, speeches were delivered by the ambassadors of the biggest EU member states. Ulrike Maria Knotz, the Ambassador of Germany noted that the EU through its missions in Bosnia and Kosovo is imposing itself as a global player, but cannot speak with one voice yet. She hopes that the External Action Service, which should have about 7000 employees will change the foreign policy of the EU, and that through the Service the EU would be able to decide unanimously. French ambassador Jean-Clod Schlumberger shares the same opinion, hoping that the External Action Service will be established by the end of the year and that the different opinions and views on various issues would be dealt with.
Carlos Moreiro Gonzales, a university professor from Madrid said that the creation of the External Action Service would help avoid situations similar to that in the United Nations, when all 27 EU member states spoke on different frequencies. Jorge Nuñez Ferrer, associate expert of the Centre for European Policy Studies, pointed out that the EU is currently economically weakened, and also weakened due to the enlargement. Ferrer also indicated that the EU is economically the most powerful international organization, and as such it must be politically stronger.
During the second part of the debate, the importance of the Western Balkans for the EU was addressed, as well as the potential contribution of Macedonia to the EU as a global player. Emil Kirjas, the general secretary of Liberal International, referred to the Ohrid Agreement as a product that can help resolve many open issues. Macedonia demonstrated through the Ohrid Agreement, that a post-conflict society can continue to function based on the benefits of equitable representation, multilingualism and the like. Thus, Macedonia could become a global player through the EU” stressed Kirjas. British Ambassador Christopher Yvon, said that Macedonia without the EU is an uncompleted project, emphasizing that he hopes for Macedonia to become part of an organization with the same laws, customs and a free market of 500 million inhabitants.
The next and final debate of the autumn cycle "Action for Europe" will be held on October 29, in Skopje.
You wanna get a really good laugh after reading that article,,,,read about the meeting in Skopje:
MK@EU
"Action for Europe" in Skopje
Foundation Open Society Institute - Macedonia (FOSIM) and the Macedonian Centre for European Training (MCET) are organizing a thematic debate “Human rights and equality in the European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon” on October 29, 2010 starting at 12.00h at the Holiday Inn Hotel (Millennium Hall 1) in Skopje. The debate is being organized as part of the autumn cycle of the “Action for Europe” project.
The general framework for the protection of human rights in the EU will be discussed during the debate, the reasons for the adoption of the Charter of fundamental rights and freedoms of the EU, the new role of the European Court of Justice in relation to the role of the European Court of Human Rights, whether the Treaty of Lisbon is improving the system for protection of human rights in the Union, etc. Particular attention will be given to the Macedonian system for protection of human rights from an aspect of the relation to the European systems.
Keynote speeches at the debate will be delivered by Simone Filippini, Ambassador of the Netherlands, José-Manuel Paz y Agüeras, Ambassador of Spain, Liljana Popovska and Vesna Bendevska, members of Parliament, Margarita Caca Nikolovska, a former judge in the European Court of Human Rights, Mirjana Najcevska, a professor at the Institute of Sociological and Political-Legal Research and Zarko Trajanoski, columnist - human rights activist. Although the debate will formally consist of two parts, all keynote speakers will be present all the time and will be able to participate and respond to questions asked by other participants and guests.
EU and HR don't mix and are so contradictory that it's laughable.
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