[fifnir]

Which will of which people was ignored?

[shp0ngle]

Both.

Nationalist Greeks are angry and so do nationalist Makedonians.

I would think both countries have more important things to protest about than name change, but then I don't live on Balkans.

[ben_w]

Will of the people != will of the nationalists.

Can’t really say the will of the people is being ignored when referenda are planned, referenda which one can reasonably still presume will be binding.

[v_lisivka]

Both Greece and Macedonia are national countries, so in this case will of the people == will of the nationalists.

[newfoundglory]

Greece probably shouldn't have elected an anti-nationalist governing party then.

[v_lisivka]

Some nations have home: their own country, so in these cases people == nation, and will of the people == will of the nation.

[phobosdeimos]

Strange AFAIK the Greek-Macedonian border is not contested. Both countries acknowledge eachother sovereignty.

[v_lisivka]

Because of rules of NATO.

[immigrantsheep]

Things like these are, sadly, very important in the Balkans sigh

[FactolSarin]

I'm pretty sure the name of your own country is important to most people everywhere.

[nspattak]

the first part of your last sentence: Welcome to Balkans!

[djif]

That will: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42937889

And before you speak again about nationalists, etc read a bit about Mikis Theodorakis who was the main speaker addressing the crowd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikis_Theodorakis

[detaro]

So on both sides, the people that are unhappy would have wanted the other side to make more concessions?

[fifnir]

That's exactly why I poked him. Only nationalists are displeased. source: I'm Greek and I think this is a great deal

[djif]

I can see you can't really understand what a nationalist means despite one representative source I cited with regards to Mikis Theodorakis. I won't mock you for that -as you did- however to make my point easier for you here is a hint: M. Theodorakis has been a communist all his life and was imprisoned during the Greek dictatorship (Junta) in 1967-74. Junta is the 'dream' of Greek nationalists (see Golden Dawn). I think that'd be helpful

[macns]

To my eyes Miki is reading someone else's opinions. Happens a lot lately. It looks like he is being used every time he steps up publicly regarding national matters. IMHO.