I doubt that the government of Kostas Simitis can afford to recognize the ethnic Macedonian minority. In Greece there is currently a degree of liberalization. Thus in Lerin, soon a radio station in Macedonian language will start broadcasting, although we shall have to wait for an official recognition of the ethnic Macedonian minority. I personally am pleased by two things. The conscience of the Slav speakers or ethnic Macedonians regarding their ethnicity, in spite of repression is still unbelievably vital.
Young people continue to make demands for the recognition of the Macedonian language.
Secondly, after the lifting of the 'steel curtain', Greece will lose its geostrategic importance for the USA, so that the Americans will stop tolerating Greek policies regarding the ethnic minorities. The main topic of the scientific research of professor Voss is the status of the ethnic Macedonian minority in northern Greece. Greece is not the only European or Balkan country in which the minority rights are virtually nonexistent. The whole European policy, starting with the French revolution is the same. In Greece the use of Slavic, i.e. Macedonian language, was been banned by law in the twenties.