US EditionKosovo’s Kurti promises swift formation of new government after election win
Kurti's Vetevendosje won 50.2% in snap elections, aiming to form a government to end a year-long deadlock and secure €1 billion in EU and World Bank loans.
- On Sunday, Vetevendosje won more than half of the votes in Kosovo's parliamentary election, and Albin Kurti, Prime Minister and leader of Vetevendosje , pledged to quickly form a new government.
- Months of coalition deadlock forced President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve parliament in November and call an early election, the second this year after Vetevendosje fell short in February 9.
- Kurti ran on promises including an extra month of pay for public sector workers, one billion euros per year in capital investment, and a new anti-organised-crime unit, while many voters urged the government to help youth stay.
- Immediate tasks include electing a president in April and ratifying one billion euros in European Union and World Bank loans expiring in the coming months; failure would prolong the crisis.
- Beyond the vote, opposition parties including the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo refuse to govern with Kurti, while analysts warn the deadlock has cost at least 30 million euros and left key government institutions left leaderless.
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The European Union (EU) on Monday expressed its desire for Kosovo to quickly form a new government after the weekend's elections.
The "sovereignists" of the self-determination movement largely dominated the early elections on Sunday, but at the end of a year of institutional blockage, Kosovo does not seem to have any other development project than the reception of the "undesirable" that the West does not want.
In Sunday's parliamentary elections in Kosovo, Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Self-Determination party won, with almost all ballots counted, winning almost 50 percent of the vote, but will likely fall a few votes short of an absolute majority.
The government crisis lasted almost a year - now it is over: with about 50 percent of the votes, the party of Prime Minister Kurti can set the tone after the election. He is probably victorious mainly thanks to home visitors. By Oliver Soos.
Albin Kurti’s ruling party set to win Kosovo election, but may need coalition support
Nationalist prime minister Albin Kurti’s party won more than half of the votes in yesterday’s election, opening the way to create a new government after a year-long political deadlock that has paralysed parliament and delayed key international funding.
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