Skopje and Sofia are under a strong diplomatic offensive ahead of the June summit.

In just four days in Skopje and Sofia, EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhei and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are meeting with heads of state.

The June summit and the main topic of enlargement with the Balkan countries shocked the European elite with their pros and cons.

"We will move every stone to reach a solution between Macedonia and Bulgaria," Varheji said yesterday.

University professor, former deputy prime minister, US ambassador and special envoy for the name talks, Vasko Naumovski, thinks that the pressure and the main role towards Bulgaria is in France.

He says that the possibility of starting negotiations will be influenced by the EU's internal processes related to financial assistance to member states, the bilateral relations of powerful countries with Bulgaria, as well as the personal leadership capacity of European politicians.

"We are working for Northern Macedonia to succeed in June and we must succeed, we are here to do the work, we are here to succeed.

"Northern Macedonia must succeed and we must all work for it," EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhei said in a statement yesterday.

The Bulgarian government has long faced different attitudes from its coalition partners.

But those familiar with the matter see the visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Skopje on Saturday as an offensive continuation.

His meeting is seen as a verdict that things are turning in favor of a possible solution between the two countries and that Macedonia's path to the EU will be opened.