In recent days, France has presented various compromise options in an attempt to make progress on the issue, as it wrapped up its six-month presidency of the European Union.
VMRO-DPMNE decried the latest French proposal as a "legalization of the assimilation of the Macedonian people," accusing Kovačevski's government of accepting "humiliations and distortions of identity."
Before the current spat with Sofia, it was Paris that had spearheaded opposition to launching formal accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania, which both have formal EU candidate status.
