However, recent electoral violence and nationalistic mood are not the only worrying signs. A second major problem is the suppression and long persecution of Bulgarian-Macedonians in the country, a policy that causes unrest in Bulgaria, although the Bul-garian government has made efforts to keep a low profile with a view to avoiding American reactions.
The coming election reruns will not certainly change the political landscape in the country, since the parliamentary balance of power is given. Yet, the current configura-tion of power in domestic politics is by far the most unpromising one during the last years, while the mood reminds of Greece in the early 1990s.
It is obvious that the current political situation in Skopje leaves only marginal space for conflict resolution since nationalism is the driving force behind domestic politics. The dominant role of ultra-nationalists led to the political marginalization of those modest voices inside the country that could operate as facilitating factors in the name dispute.
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