Prime Minister Mickoski is finally saying what many have waited years to hear - if Nikola Gruevski returns from Hungary, he goes straight to prison. No ceremony, no protocol. Just bars and a new trial. The question is: how much of this is real politics, and how much is a performance for domestic consumption?

The situation for Gruevski has grown complicated since Peter Magyar removed Orban from power in Budapest. The new Hungarian leader has made clear that the hospitality for Macedonia's political fugitive is over. While Orban provided him asylum and protection, Magyar clearly has no intention of inheriting that arrangement. Gruevski, who spent years living comfortably in Budapest far from justice, suddenly finds himself in a position where neither his host country wants him anymore, nor is home waiting with flowers.

Mickoski, for his part, says that as long as Gruevski holds asylum in Hungary, extradition cannot happen. Legally correct, politically convenient. You say he will go to prison, but you simultaneously know that depends on another country's decision. From SDSM, Filipce has recently demanded extradition and revision of the agreements made with Orban. According to sources close to the opposition, this is a moment that must not be missed - Orban's fall may be the only window through which Gruevski can return to a Macedonian court.

German media is already reporting that Orban's defeat puts Gruevski back in focus. And that is not coincidental - the whole story of the escape, the trials, the system that allowed him to flee, is back on the table. For Mickoski this is a double-edged sword: he must show that justice applies to everyone, but at the same time he speaks about a man who was until recently the leader of his own party.

One thing is certain - Gruevski no longer has the luxury of sitting quietly in Budapest waiting for the storm to pass. The storm is coming precisely for him.