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"Mr President, in early August, an incredible drama unfolded in the Republic of Macedonia which shocked Bulgarian public opinion. Spaska Mitrova, a 23-year-old Macedonian citizen and mother of a small child still being breast-fed, was forcibly taken to a police station and then transferred to the infamous Idrizovo prison, while her child was taken away from her. The police had to drag her by the hair from the top to the bottom floor of the building because she did not want to be separated from her child. She was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment because she was unable to provide her ex-husband with a bed in their child’s bedroom. You can imagine the implications of this. Mrs Mitrova was also given Bulgarian citizenship early this year. This seems to be the main reason for her inhumane treatment, and hers is not an isolated case. About two years ago, I asked the present Macedonian Foreign Minister: ‘Why is so much hatred shown towards Macedonians who have taken Bulgarian citizenship?’, to which he replied: ‘They are vestiges of the past’. As the efforts made by the Bulgarian President and Government have not yielded any result, I appeal to Commissioner Olli Rehn to familiarise himself personally with this blatant case of injustice in a country wishing to start accession negotiations."@en1
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