The President of the External Affairs Committee of the EP
Responds to EFA-Rainbow

June 9, 2006

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EFA-RAINBOW sent a memorandum to the Council of Foreign Affairs' Ministers of the EU, the EP, the EC Commissioner on Enlargement and to the UN, regarding the name dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia.

http://www.florina.org/html/2005/2005_letter_to_eu.html

This was distributed by the EFA-EPP, which also received-through its Co-Director Guenter Dauwen-the following answer from the President of the above Committee Mr. Elmar Brok:

The response follows:

Dear Mr Dauwen,

Mr Brok, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament, has asked me to thank you for the letter enclosed to your e-mail. One cannot but commend the view of your party that peace and prosperity in the region can only be achieved if all borders between the Balkan states are respected and if within these borders the rights of minorities are safeguarded. As for the question of the use of the term Macedonia, this is, as you know, subject of negotiations within the framework of the United Nations. One cannot but hope that the solution which, hopefully, will be soon found is satisfactory to all parties.

Kind regards

Christian HUBER Head of Secretariat

EFA -Rainbow takes full advantage of its active participation in the EFA-EPP, something that was obvious one more time recently, when EFA-EPP President, Mrs. Nelly Maes, raised the issue of the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece during her meeting with the EC President Mr. Barroso. The political leadership and media in Greece continue to ignore repeated appeals on this subject.