Branko Crvenkovski, the leader of opposition SDSM, has been already expelled from Macedonia's political scene, but he refuses to accept this fact and will have to suffer few more defeats to seriously comprehend the citizens' message and leave the party, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters on Sunday.

"Citizens took their state back when they ousted Branko Crvekovski from the office, but he fails to understand that. He doesn't understand that SDSM will not prosper as long as he leads them and that citizens will prevent him to once again take the state away from them," Gruevski said.

Criticizing Crvenkovski for reiterating the divisions of Antique, European or Slavic Macedonians, Gruevski said "we are all citizens of Macedonia and wish for the country to become part of the European Union and NATO."