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Britain and Germany urge political parties to cooperate on forming Kosovo institutions
2025-04-17 20:15:31 / BOTA
The ambassadors of Great Britain and Germany in Pristina have called on political parties to cooperate in overcoming obstacles to the formation of Kosovo's new institutions, after they failed for the second time in a row to constitute the new Assembly on Thursday.
The constitution of the Assembly failed twice this week, due to procedural disputes between the political parties that secured seats in the February 9 elections.
"People have the right to expect their political leaders to work together in the interest of the country," said the British ambassador to Pristina, Jonathan Hargreaves, in a Facebook post on Thursday.
He said that Kosovo has an "urgent" need for the formation of new institutions, as more than two months have passed since the elections were held.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) insist that the members of the Government, who have been elected as deputies, resign, otherwise they will not vote on the report on the verification of the mandates of deputies, a step that must be taken to continue the constitution of the Assembly and the formation of the new Government.
But the leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) and acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, emphasizes that such a formal act is unnecessary, because the executive has been in office, or resigned, since March 23.
The German Ambassador to Pristina, Jorn Rohde, said that the constitution of the Kosovo Assembly has stalled, "due to obstructionist tactics."
"Citizens deserve politicians who put Kosovo before party politics. Therefore, I repeat: Genuine cooperation is urgently needed to guarantee functional institutions and the rapid formation of a stable government," Rohde wrote on the Bluesky social network.
It is not clear whether the disagreements between parliamentary parties will be resolved before the continuation of the session interrupted on Thursday, scheduled for Saturday, April 19.
In Thursday's session, which was a continuation of the session interrupted on Tuesday, the chairman of the constitutive session, Avni Dehari, invited representatives of political parties to consultations and then said that there was no consensus on how to proceed, announcing that the session will continue on April 19 at noon.
PDK, LDK and AAK accused LVV of trying to "buy time for political bargaining" by interrupting the sessions, as according to them, Albin Kurti's party does not have the votes to elect the speaker of parliament or the government.
The Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI) said on Thursday that the formal resignations of members of the Government would unblock the constitution of the Assembly.
Vetëvendosje won the February 9 elections, with around 42 percent of the vote, or 48 seats out of 120 in the Kosovo Assembly.
But it needed at least 61 seats to form the new government.
After LVV, PDK won the most votes, with 24 seats, followed by LDK with 20.
MPs from the pre-election coalition between the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and NISMA have also secured mandates.
Of all these opposition parties, only Fatmir Limaj, the leader of Nisma, has not drawn a "red line" for a possible coalition with LVV./ REL
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