An opposition acting as if it's still in power - that's the picture VMRO-DPMNE wants to impose. The party put out a statement claiming that SDS and DUI, even though they're now in opposition, keep trying to "stall the reform process." In other words - for every delay, the predecessors are to blame.

The rhetoric is familiar to the bone. Every government, the moment it settles into the chair, discovers the same universal culprit - the ones who came before. When something isn't working, the reason is always "the inherited situation" or "the opposition's obstruction." The question rarely asked is: if the opposition really can block everything, then what is the governing majority even for?

Reforms, especially those tied to the European path, aren't a matter of rhetoric but of results. Citizens don't care who is accusing whom - they care whether anything changes in their lives. And the mutual accusations between government and opposition, however much they fill press releases, rarely fill fridges.

The Balkan political scene has fed on the same recipe for decades - the roles of hero and obstacle get handed out, the seats swap after every election, and the substance stays the same. Today VMRO accuses SDS and DUI; yesterday it was the reverse. The question for a citizen isn't who's talking, but when someone will finally start working.