Overview
- Albin Kurti’s government program received 56 votes, five short of the 61 needed for a majority in the 120-seat assembly.
- President Vjosa Osmani must assign a new mandate within constitutional deadlines, though the PDK said it will not accept one, shrinking coalition options.
- Eight MPs voted against Kurti’s plan, four abstained and twelve were absent, with support coming largely from some minority representatives.
- Kurti remains in office in a caretaker role and warns that the lack of a 2026 budget threatens pensions, healthcare and policing, with EU funds already delayed.
- The LDK’s Lumir Abdixhiku accused Kurti of months of paralysis, and the Kosovo Democratic Institute views early elections as the most credible way to end the impasse.