Politico Europe: If deal not confirmed, country to stay FYROM and out of EU and NATO

 Politico Europe referred to the outcome of the Macedonian referendum in Monday’s “Brussels Playbook” feature.

Author Florian Eder says the low turnout represents a risk for the Prespa Agreement, adding that the message of those who failed to vote is unclear.

“Who knows what the uncast votes were meant to say. But if parliament takes the failure to reach the 50 percent threshold as an invitation to say ‘No,’ the consequences are pretty straightforward: The world will continue to address the country by its acronym and it won’t join NATO any time soon, let alone start the EU accession process. But FYROM-ians will happily continue calling themselves ‘Macedonians,'”, says Eder.