After a year and a half of consecutive elections, short-term institutions and political deadlock, Kosovo may be close to emerging from its institutional crisis. Signals of an agreement between Vetëvendosje and the Democratic League have raised expectations for the constitution of the Assembly and the formation of institutions, while political analysts estimate that the cost of 18 months of instability has been high for the country.
The signals given that there may be an agreement between Vetëvendosje and the Democratic League could also put an end to the 18-month institutional crisis, according to experts on political processes.
In the first week of January 2025, the VIII legislature of the Assembly was dissolved, to make way for the February 9 elections.
The result that this electoral process produced did not leave the possibility of any party forming a government alone.
The constitutive session began on April 15, and it took a full 133 days to conclude - at the end of August.
Vetëvendosje's proposal for Albulena Haxhiu as Speaker of the Assembly did not find the support of at least 61 MPs. The first party, with 48 mandates, did not have enough votes from minority communities to achieve a majority.
However, according to analyst Basri Muja, this crisis was a manifestation of a defect in Kosovar politics.
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"I think they were just topics of debate, if I may say so. In fact, the crisis was more a result of our political culture, the lack of compromise and, anyway, the clash over power sharing," Muja said.
The solution to the crisis was provided by the Democratic Party's vote for Dimal Basha of the LVV for speaker of parliament.
By constitution, the proposal for the speaker of the assembly belongs to the first party, and PDK had declared that there is no vote for those who held positions in the Kurti 2 government.
But despite temporarily overcoming this impasse, the deputies of the IX Legislature failed to elect the government, despite two attempts.
As a result, new, extraordinary elections were scheduled for December 28th.
Kosovo ended the year with only 1 week of a full-term government, assembly, and president.
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The end of 2025 proved successful for Vetëvendosje. In the elections, it received more than half of the votes, which also avoided the obligation to reach an agreement with others.
The Parliament and Government were formed on February 11 of this year. Albin Kurti was Prime Minister, Albulena Haxhiu was Speaker of the Parliament. But the mandate of President Vjosa Osmani was marking its final months.
The deputies failed to elect Osman's successor and the assembly was dissolved on April 29. During this time, the institutions with full mandate worked for less than 3 months.
The third consecutive election in a year and a half was set for June 7. Repeated election cycles have damaged the country, according to journalist Fitim Gashi.
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"The prolonged institutional crisis has caused considerable damage to the country, not only internally, but also externally, especially in the integration processes, where it is known that Kosovo recently lost millions of euros from the European Union as a result of the lack of functional institutions," said Gashi.
The constitutive session of the assembly is scheduled to be held on August 6. If the president and 5 vice presidents of the institution are elected, the deputies have 60 days to elect a new president. Otherwise, the country goes to elections, again.
