The triumph of the nationalist VMRO in the presidential and national elections in North Macedonia is a turning point in the neighboring country, as the two winners – at least pre-election – disputed the Prespa Agreement and the country’s constitutional name.

From Skopje, the SKAI envoy, Christos Nikolaidis, reported that the celebrations of the voters who saw the nationalist party they supported achieve a huge political victory over the social democrats have ended.

The question now is when and how the new government will be formed, as two seats are still needed to form a coalition government, and what will be the attitude of the new government of the nationalists and their allies towards the neighbours.

Before the election, many times the tone was raised regarding the Prespa Agreement and the then candidate for the president of the republic stated that if she was elected, she was not going to swear to the Constitution of North Macedonia, but she would always be the president of Macedonia, as she characteristically said.

Christian Mickoski, without ever openly saying that he will challenge the Prespa Agreement, declared that this agreement does not represent him and that he himself will never use the term North Macedonia.

In this climate, diplomats and political analysts are waiting to see how the new government will move.

However, there is an assessment that it will be tough in its foreign policy, refraining from the “domestic” – as they characterized it – policy of the government of the social democrats.

In his first statements, the new Prime Minister, Christian Mickoski, spoke, however, of “Macedonia”.