Conclusion-2 Conclusion There have already been large demonstrations in Macedonia against the government s economic policies.
Many observers predict that unrest in the country can only get worse.
However, creeping poverty can cause apathy and alienation rather than unrest. However, there is next to no public protest against the policies of the Bulgarian government. Weakened by 45 years of Communism and 10 years of reform many people in the Balkans and elsewhere in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have given up hope of change. But if the relationship between the population and state structures in county s like Macedonia has broken down, it is the mafia that will occupy the empty space. There is every indication that this has happened.