Juncker: No pressure from the EU to resolve the name dispute

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, after returning from the Western Balkans tour, told EuroNews that the European Union is not putting pressure on Macedonia and Greece to resolve the name dispute.

– Pressure is not an instrument we should use. We encourage Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to find a solution themselves to the name dispute. They are engaged in a negotiation process, we don’t have to interfere, said Juncker.

He refused to answer the journalist’s question as to whether Greece’s request for Macedonia to amend the Constitution was justified.