The story goes that American J. Paul Getty, upon achieving status as the world’s first dollar billionaire, was asked by a reporter, “Mr. Getty, how much is enough?” To which the billionaire replied, “Just one dollar more.” The refrain from the Macedonian government and many international Western progressives is that Macedonia must compromise one more time: Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister, tweets “I’m worried by the escalating disputes in Macedonia. Moving forward on the compromise solution with Bulgaria is the way forward towards the EU. It’s not easy and a compromise is always a compromise, but the alternative is to go nowhere and risk sliding backwards.” To which the reporter might ask, “Mr. Bildt, how many compromises are enough?” To which Mr. Bildt has replied, and will forever reply, “Just one compromise more, Macedonia” (though he would add the directional, fictional, adjective).
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The story goes that American J. Paul Getty, upon achieving status as the world’s first dollar billionaire, was asked by a reporter, “Mr. Getty, how much is enough?” To which the billionaire replied, “Just one dollar more.” The refrain from the Macedonian government and many international Western progressives is that Macedonia must compromise one more time: Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister, tweets “I’m worried by the escalating disputes in Macedonia. Moving forward on the compromise solution with Bulgaria is the way forward towards the EU. It’s not easy and a compromise is always a compromise, but the alternative is to go nowhere and risk sliding backwards.” To which the reporter might ask, “Mr. Bildt, how many compromises are enough?” To which Mr. Bildt has replied, and will forever reply, “Just one compromise more, Macedonia” (though he would add the directional, fictional, adjective).