Kosovo’s parliament failed to elect Albin Kurti as prime minister on Sunday, raising the likelihood of a snap election to resolve the political stalemate that has persisted since the inconclusive parliamentary vote in February.
Kurti, leader of the Vetevendosje party and currently serving as caretaker prime minister, secured only 56 votes in the 120-seat chamber, five short of the majority required to form a government.
Opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), voted against his appointment.
It remains uncertain whether the president will invite the second- or third-placed party to attempt to form a government, though both have indicated they favour holding a new election instead.
Opposition groups have ruled out joining a coalition with Kurti, criticising his management of relations with Kosovo’s Western allies and his approach to the country’s ethnically divided north, home to a Serb minority.
Kurti, a left-leaning Albanian nationalist, first came to power in 2021 after his Vetevendosje-led coalition won more than 50% of the vote, securing a seven-seat parliamentary majority.
Kosovo, Europe’s youngest state declared independence from Serbia in 2008 with support from the United States, following a 78-day NATO bombing campaign against Serbian forces in 1999.
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