The various emerging identities of the Aromanians and the appearance of their national question was due to the strength of the different Balkanic national movements, especially the Greek and Romanian ones, and the continued intervention of external powers in the region. A Greek-Romanian conflict finally erupted during the Macedonian Struggle that led to battles and fights between distinctly oriented Aromanians and the break-up of Greek-Romanian diplomatic relations in 1906. During this time, there were also pro-Bulgarian and pro-Italian Aromanians, but in more reduced numbers. Romanian influence over the Aromanians weakened shortly before World War II. During the European communist regimes, the Aromanian question lost relevance, but after its fall and the minority policies of the European Union, the question has been "reopened".