U anketi koju je obavio Centar za istraživanja i politiku u Skoplju odmah nakon proljetnog samita NATO-a u Bukureštu utvrđeno je da se 60% Makedonaca protivi izmjeni imena zemlje u zamjenu za članstvo u Alijansi.
A poll conducted by the Research and Policymaking Centre in Skopje immediately after the NATO summit in Bucharest this spring found that 60% of Macedonians oppose changing the country's name in exchange for membership in the Alliance.