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Kurti announces parliamentary elections in December and in the spring

2025-10-27 18:59:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Kurti announces parliamentary elections in December and in the spring
Albin Kurti

Kosovo's acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has warned that the country could face parliamentary elections twice within months, a day after he failed to gain the necessary support in the Assembly for a third term.

Speaking at a media conference in Pristina, Kurti said the issue of electing the country's new president in the spring could lead the country back to elections.

"Perhaps it is unfortunate that we will be able to have, in addition to the run-off [of the local elections in November], two elections. Both elections in the winter and elections in the spring," Kurti said at a press conference in Pristina.

President Vjosa Osmani's term ends in April 2026.

"Because, when we failed to get 61 MPs for a new government, it is hard to imagine that we will easily get 80 MPs in the spring of next year, and we still have four months until the election of the president," he emphasized.

The President is elected with two-thirds of the votes of the 120 deputies in the Assembly. If the candidate does not receive these votes in the first two rounds, he is elected in the third round with the votes of half of the deputies.

If he is not elected even in the third round, then the Assembly is dissolved and new elections are announced.

Only 56 MPs voted for Kurti's proposed cabinet in Sunday's session, five short of the required 61 votes. Fifty-two voted against, while four abstained.

Now, according to the Constitution of Kosovo, it is up to President Vjosa Osmani to appoint another prime minister to form a government within 10 days.

But the leader of the second most voted party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Memli Krasniqi, rejected the possibility of becoming the next mandate holder, in case the president of Kosovo calls him to ask if he has a majority.

Kurti stressed that, after Sunday's vote, "there is no other path or way, except towards new elections. It was not our preference."

Osmani is expected to invite parliamentary leaders for consultations within 10 days and decide on the prime minister-designate who has the best chance of forming the government.

If the Government cannot be formed even after the second attempt, the president, according to the Constitution, must announce new elections, which must be held within 40 days.

Political observers say that early parliamentary elections could bring changes in the party results, but those changes would not be sufficient for the parties to avoid the need for co-government in the future.

Kosovo has been plunged into political paralysis since February, when parliamentary elections produced no clear winner, once again with continued failures to constitute the Assembly and then the new government.

The crisis could cost the country the loss of funds from the European Union's 2024-2027 Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.

The Growth Plan contains a package of 6 billion euros to support the approximation of the economies of the six Western Balkan countries to European standards.

From this package, Kosovo can benefit from over 880 million euros, of which over 250 million as a non-repayable grant, while the rest in the form of a loan with favorable terms.

Kosovo was among the first to adopt the reform agenda, but funds remain blocked due to the lack of institutions to ratify the formal agreement with the EU. /REL


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