What Macedonia can expect after 5 December this year when the International Court of Justice of the UN in the Hague declares its verdict is the question analyzed by experts recently. Three years have passed since Macedonia filed the application against Greece asking that the Hague Court air its view whether Athens violated the Interim Accord when it prevented Macedonia from joining NATO at the Summit in Bucharest in 2008. Most experts Dnevnik talked to said that the arguments are on Macedonia’s side and it is real to expect the verdict in the Hague to give Macedonia strong legal arguments.

Although there are various speculations, all stress that neither party knows the verdict. Some experts that know the mechanisms of the Court say that it is possible for both parties to glimpse at parts of the verdict but not its entire content. Hence, only analyses based on speculations can be made, Dnevnik comments.