Hans-Lothar Steppan is the former German ambassador in Macedonia and the author of the book "The Macedonian Knot". In an interview for the Macedonian television station A1, among other things, he said the following:
I am sure that all historians agree that if you want to understand the current political situation, you need to enter the history chapters. This history proved that before 1912, Greece never owned the Macedonian territory. Not in the Antique times, not in the Roman times, not in the Slav times, and not during the Ottoman Empire's rule.
Only after the violation of the international law in 1912-1913 during the Balkan wars, together with Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, they occupied and annexed Macedonia, Thrace and Epirus. Basically, Greece stole the Macedonian territory, because this act was against the international laws.
This historic link is completely independent of the right of Macedonia for self-determination. All nations in the world have that right, therefore Macedonia too can decide on it's identity and name. Nobody has the right to interfere...
... EU and NATO politicians know that Greece is skillful, that it cheats and even lies to Macedonia, they know things aren't supposed to be like this. Especially not from the cradle of Europe, from the cradle of the democratic principles. Greece should have responsibility for truth and justice. The European Commission knows about this, and if they continue to support Greece with this false solidarity, then there must be something invisible going on in the background.
