Prilep, 2 September 2023 (MIA) - Commenting on the ruling party's statements that the country could join the EU by 2030, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said "if we want to move forward towards the EU, this government needs to go". 

"If you want to see something fail, you should call on Pendarovski, Kovachevski, Marichikj, Osmani and the rest to send a message. Then it will surely fail, and the same goes for the case of European integration," said Mickoski. 

According to him, SDSM and DUI are not fighting for the country to join the EU, and they neither have a plan. He pointed to them as the culprits who have destroyed the process by "accepting something that no normal person in this country accepts".

"The sooner they go, the sooner we will move Macedonia forward towards the EU. They are fighting for another day in power. They are neither fighting nor they are interested in seeing Macedonia within the EU, because there are no political frauds and political criminals of their kind in the EU," Mickoski said. 

Commenting on the "We Are Europe" campaign, he said it was plagiarism and a party campaign paid for by the citizens.

He added that the country needs to unite for a change of government, in order to "restore justice and put the economy where it belongs."

Asked what VMRO-DPMNE's strategy is to press the government into early parliamentary elections, Mickoski said that as long as the parliamentary majority has 61 MPs there's nothing they can do. 

"The numbers in the Parliament are currently not in our favor and, frankly, whether the elections will be held this autumn or we'll have regular elections in the spring, is only a question of months. Those months will come and go, and the elections will come and then there will be no more running away, no more hiding, no more lying," Mickoski said, pointing out that VMRO-DPMNE's focus for the time being is exclusively on messages to the people about what they will do after the current government leaves.