Successive political crises are among the reasons why Kosovo is losing many opportunities in the international arena, assessed KOHË's Brussels correspondent, Augustin Palokaj.
The Constitutional Court on Monday suspended a decree by President Vjosa Osmani dissolving the Assembly, following its failure to elect a new president. Osmani decreed the dissolution on the grounds that the Assembly was supposed to elect a president by March 5, while the appellants of the decree, the Vetevendosje Movement, said that a 60-day deadline for electing a president began on March 5. The suspension leaves Kosovo without an Assembly until March 31. The situation resembles a continuation of the institutional crisis that occurred throughout 2025, when the Assembly failed to elect a new Government and led to two parliamentary elections, in February and December.
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support ContributeIn a conversation for "tre8tre" on KTV, Palokaj recalled how during last year's crisis, Kosovo suffered delays in receiving hundreds of millions of euros from the European Union, as part of the Growth Plan, which was approved this year with the formation of institutions from the December elections. Now, to benefit from these funds, Kosovo must meet several requirements.
"We have lost more than two years due to the measures and political deadlock, and we must now take action. On the other hand, Kosovo's application for membership in the European Union is also pending, an application that has not been examined at all and this is not Kosovo's fault, but the EU's. But when Kosovo is in the state it is in now, we cannot expect others to move. We have also stalled in membership in the Council of Europe. Two years ago we were on the verge of membership and now we find it difficult to participate in meetings even as guests and no one knows whether we will be on the agenda now at the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which takes place in May. May is in two months and as things stand, this offer we had in 2024 will not be this year and if it is not this year, the earliest it could be in 2027 and thus Kosovo, which does not yet have fulfilled its international state subjectivity, is losing many opportunities, among other things "also because of the political crises that politicians are creating in Kosovo," he said.