"Bravo Mickoski! He finally found a 'strategy' on how to keep young people in Macedonia - so that the US won't give them visas. Not with better salaries, not with quality education, not with safe institutions, but with international restrictions," writes former Skopje mayor Andrej Zhernovski on Facebook.
According to him, "on the one hand, the government says it will do everything to keep young people at home. On the other hand, under its leadership, Macedonia ends up on the list of countries for which the US suspends immigration policy. If this is the plan – then it really works: you don't leave because you want to, but because you can't."
He emphasizes that this is not a policy for young people, but a policy of closure. Instead of creating conditions that would make young people choose to stay, the government is creating conditions that make the world close its doors to them.
"Mickoski promises a future in Macedonia, but brings isolation. He promises hope, but brings limitations. He promises perspective, and we got a wake-up call from reality. His "excellent and special relations" with the US and Trump are so excellent that reality has brought us higher tariffs on Macedonian products and suspended visas for the country's citizens," adds Zhernovski. /Telegraph/
