If the Court in the Hague convicts Greece of something, it will be a political and legal defeat for Athens, says Greek University Professor Aristotle Tziampiris, according to whom, the decision is not going to influence much the present relations between the two countries. He stressed though that the verdict to be reached by the Court in the Hague on Monday was still in the domain of speculations, Dnevnik reports.

“Considering the present political reality, I doubt that this decision is going to contribute to the resolution of the name dispute,” Tziampiris says.

The coming verdict is not commented on much in Greece yet many are those speculating that the ruling will be balanced. Politicians and media in Athens speculate that Macedonia would have its first demand met, which means the Court would declare itself competent and confirm that Greece violated Article 11 of the Interim Accord. However, its soothing for Greece that the Court would probably stay aside in the second part and will not recommend the Greek authorities not to do in the future what they did in Bucharest.