Besar Gërgi from the Group for Political and Legal Studies (GLPS) has warned that the lack of new institutions and delays in ratifying agreements in the Assembly could jeopardize the full benefit of funds from the European Union's Growth Plan.
"The Growth Plan is the most important project for Kosovo, with 883 million euros allocated for our country. But any delay is harmful to the economy. All measures must be implemented by the end of 2028 - otherwise, the funds will not be received," Gërgi said on KTV's "Interaktiv".
He emphasized that agreements from the Growth Plan that are not ratified by the Assembly within the deadlines risk not being implemented on time, causing the relevant funds to be withdrawn from Kosovo and redistributed to other countries in the region.
"For example, if Kosovo had a measure to implement last December and we did not fulfill it, because we did not ratify the agreement, there is a period of two years, if the measure is not implemented by then those funds are withdrawn from Kosovo and can be redistributed to other countries," said Gërgi, based on the agreement on the Growth Plan and the European Commission regulation.
He said that it would be a very bad situation if early parliamentary elections were held.
"If we do not have functional institutions in 2025, then that entire year will be lost for the Growth Plan. Then, in 2026, we will have to implement backlogged measures, in addition to those for the new year. It would be a busy agenda," he added.
On Friday, the constitution of the Assembly failed for the 31st time.
