{"id":124684,"date":"2025-11-24T11:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/ngerci-institucional-ne-numra\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T13:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:19:50","slug":"the-institutional-deadlock-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-institutional-deadlock-in-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The institutional deadlock in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"124684\" class=\"elementor elementor-124684 elementor-124295\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f1d232 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f1d232\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b73debd\" data-id=\"b73debd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af8f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1af8f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How much have the MPs of the 9th legislature worked and spent?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a57c0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a57c0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7214e9\" data-id=\"c7214e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5023bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5023bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight months after the February 9 elections, Kosovo finds itself once again on the verge of new elections. On November 19, the second nominee from the winning party, L\u00ebvizja Vet\u00ebvendosje (VV), Glauk Konjufca, failed to secure the required 61 votes to form a government. As a result, the next day, Kosovo&#8217;s President, Vjosa Osmani, dissolved the Assembly and announced extraordinary elections for December 28.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What began as a routine process in April with the constitution of the Assembly turned into a prolonged political crisis: endless sessions for constituting the Assembly, rulings from the Constitutional Court, failure to build coalitions and the absence of a parliamentary majority. Together, these developments have paralysed the functionality of the country\u2019s institutions.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cost of this deadlock is measurable: millions of euros spent on elections, hundreds of thousands of euros in MPs\u2019 salaries without a single day of work, hundreds of millions of euros in frozen funds from the European Union and the World Bank, and dozens of stalled draft laws.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the February 9 elections, VV won 42.3% of the vote, PDK 20.9%, LDK 18.27%, AAK\u2019s coalition with 7.06% and Lista Srpska 4.26%.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the balance sheet of a deadlock made clearest by the numbers that have defined this eight-month period.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-073dbd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"073dbd8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc5c317\" data-id=\"fc5c317\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19d6a4 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"e19d6a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">60<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2b8339\" data-id=\"e2b8339\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d348a elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32d348a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">sessions to constitute the Assembly<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e441b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e441b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f88a17e\" data-id=\"f88a17e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff33e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ff33e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From April 15, when the first constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly was held, until October 10, when the Assembly was finally constituted, a total of 60 sessions took place. The shortest session lasted 1 minute, and the longest 106 minutes. Most sessions were very brief, typically only 2 to 5 minutes, depending on the pace of recounting votes for, against, and abstentions.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of these sessions was spent attempting to approve the report of the Commission for Verification of Quorum and Mandates (KVKM), a step that should have been purely technical.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 50 other sessions followed the same script: VV proposed former Minister of Justice Albulena Haxhiu for Speaker of the Assembly, while PDK, LDK, AAK, Nisma Social Demokratike and Lista Srpska voted against or abstained.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a Constitutional Court ruling that initiated a break in sessions, VV attempted again in August to nominate Haxhiu, who once more failed to secure the necessary votes. From April 15 to August 20, this same scenario was repeated with Haxhiu as VV\u2019s candidate for Speaker.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the Constitutional Court decision limited the proposal of candidates to only three attempts, VV moved on to several other candidates until, on August 26, Dimal Basha secured the votes with PDK\u2019s support, even though PDK had not supported him in the first attempt.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just when it seemed the deadlock had finally been resolved and the rest would be procedural, another obstacle emerged: the election of the Deputy Speaker from the non-majority Serb group.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Albanian parties agreed on only one thing: the Deputy Speaker should not come from Lista Srpska. For VV, the candidate should be Nenad Rasi\u0107; the other parties thought it should be no one. Basha changed the protocol for the election of the Deputy Speaker, which angered Lista Srpska and led them to file a complaint at the Constitutional Court.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From August 26 to October 10, the Assembly resembled a lottery, drawing names of Serb MPs who would subsequently not secure the necessary votes, leading to a second and third name being drawn, and still no votes, until Rasi\u0107 finally secured support from LDK MPs, and the Assembly was constituted on October 10. This opened the way for President Vjosa Osmani to formally nominate VV to present its cabinet for a vote.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d2f5e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d2f5e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03eeec5\" data-id=\"03eeec5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f57b411 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"f57b411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-251357a\" data-id=\"251357a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cafa0 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0cafa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">coalition invitation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64eb76a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64eb76a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8abe7c\" data-id=\"c8abe7c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5740b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5740b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eight-month institutional deadlock was marked by a complete reluctance to reach any coalition agreement between VV and the other major parties. Only once, on May 5, did Albin Kurti send an invitation to LDK leader Lumir Abdixhiku, proposing a political agreement that could unblock the Assembly and enable the formation of a new government.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdixhiku rejected the invitation, stating that \u201cno matter how much I and LDK are not guided by spite; no matter how much we believe in dialogue, cooperation, and human and political communication; such a meeting \u2014 even a consultative one \u2014 would be a fatal crossing of political and human dignity.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He referred to Kurti\u2019s remarks on election night, when, during celebrations, he used derogatory language and labelled the former opposition as \u201chajvana\u201d (animals). LDK had previously been in coalition with VV in 2019, in a government that lasted only 51 days.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Away from public view, there were also discussions, particularly with NISMA, which had won three seats. However, these talks did not progress: NISMA\u2019s leader demanded the position of parliamentary speaker, a request Kurti refused. Following this, cooperation efforts faded, and political communication ceased entirely.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-175f66e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"175f66e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9804eb\" data-id=\"f9804eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4269c15 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"4269c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e965d2\" data-id=\"2e965d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbadb12 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbadb12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">nominees to form the government<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f95fc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f95fc6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f96a9cb\" data-id=\"f96a9cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5242000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5242000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first VV nominee for Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, failed to secure 61 votes in the October 26 session to form a government. With only 56 votes in favor, his proposed cabinet included familiar names in the same positions: Hekuran Murati at Finance and Economy, Xhelal Sve\u00e7la at Internal Affairs and Ejup Maqedonci at Defense.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some former ministers were reassigned to new positions, such as Donika G\u00ebrvalla, who was proposed as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, and Glauk Konjufca, who was proposed as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several figures from the previous government were absent entirely from the proposed cabinet, including Albulena Haxhiu, Arb\u00ebrie Nagavci and Rozeta Hajdari.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second nominee, Glauk Konjufca, who also failed to secure the 61 required votes on November 19, proposed a nearly identical cabinet. The key change was that Albin Kurti now appeared as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e925fed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e925fed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbe1789\" data-id=\"dbe1789\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d80a75d elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"d80a75d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">1.7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d48f8ba\" data-id=\"d48f8ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6d627b elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6d627b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> million euros in MP salaries<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8743dd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8743dd5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28442cb\" data-id=\"28442cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f34a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f34a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Radio Free Europe calculation, from the first session on April 15 until October 26, MPs spent a total of 750 minutes working \u2014 that is 12.5 hours, or roughly one and a half working days.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since taking office, the 105 MPs of the Kosovo Assembly have received a basic monthly salary of 1,914 euros, in addition to seniority benefits. Over the course of eight months, the assembly&#8217;s individual MP earnings range from around 15,312 euros to 17,700 euros for those with higher supplements.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Assembly data, from April 15 to October 30, the salaries of MPs reached <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.371<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> million euros. By the end of November, the total cost of salaries had reached around 1.6\u20131.7 million euros, excluding travel and other benefits. For example, members of parliament spent 15,000 euros on phone top-ups from May to November.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the course of eight months, all these salaries were paid across the 63 sessions, during which no draft law was approved, and no agreement was signed. MPs simply repeated their positions: VV and non-Serb minority representatives mostly voted in favor, while LDK, PDK, AAK, Nisma and Lista Srpska nearly always voted against or abstained.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This eight-month engagement also included brief media statements before and after sessions, as well as social media posts, where many of their repetitive arguments were had.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These figures do not include the 15 MPs who concurrently hold executive positions in government and, in a legally and constitutionally questionable arrangement, received ministerial salaries. What is certain is that none were left without an income.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cef99d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cef99d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e2fd44\" data-id=\"3e2fd44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a1198 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"32a1198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07b0d41\" data-id=\"07b0d41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc87cd elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dc87cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">trips to the Constitutional Court<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-380c445 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"380c445\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd8d24e\" data-id=\"fd8d24e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6f3e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6f3e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this deadlock, the Constitutional Court became a key institution after the Assembly, as repeated blockages often arose from violations of the Rules of Procedure. The process repeatedly entered legally uncharted territory, where even MPs themselves were unsure of the next step.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Assembly and the President referred four cases to the Court.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first, on May 1, occurred when MPs from PDK and AAK contested Avni Dehari&#8217;s proposal, who chaired the constitutive session, to create a commission for a secret ballot for the Speaker. According to VV, a secret ballot would have secured the missing votes for Albulena Haxhiu. On June 26, the Court ruled that the constitutive session must be completed within 30 days and must follow precisely the model of the first session: quorum and mandate verification, swearing-in of MPs, and sequential election of the Speaker and Deputy Speakers.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, Dehari continued insisting on the secret ballot, interrupting the session multiple times. This led to the second request to the Court on July 3, when PDK and AAK sought clarification on the process for proposing commission members, putting the procedure to a vote, and the interruptions that had left the process in limbo.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On August 8, the Court issued another ruling stating that the Speaker must be elected by an open vote within 30 days and that the same candidate may be submitted no more than three times. This effectively limited VV\u2019s repeated proposals of the same candidate.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, on July 22, President Vjosa Osmani sought further clarification from the Court, this time inquiring about the consequences if the Assembly failed to constitute itself within the Court-mandated deadline. But on August 5, she withdrew the request, citing the appointment of Serbian judge Radomir Llaban as rapporteur of the case.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September, Lista Srpska filed a new complaint regarding the voting procedure for Deputy Speakers from non-majority communities, which marked the final stages of the assembly\u2019s constitution. Both the President\u2019s request and Lista Srpska\u2019s complaint remain pending before the Court.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3e7a39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3e7a39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-460c603\" data-id=\"460c603\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44ea4c elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"c44ea4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;111&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">111<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-705333e\" data-id=\"705333e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b7e5a elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65b7e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">unprocessed draft laws<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c68cf85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c68cf85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc0511\" data-id=\"5dc0511\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288b0bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"288b0bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the last regular meeting of the Government, on January 31, 2025, the Legislative Program for 2025\u20132027 was approved. The program foresees 111 draft laws to be processed by the Government and the Assembly, with 95 planned to be approved by the end of 2025 and 42 by the end of July that year.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among them is the draft law amending and supplementing the Law on Labour, intended to improve workers\u2019 rights and better regulate employment relations. This law has not been updated since 2010, and although it has been part of the legislative agenda since 2023, it was not enacted under the last VV government.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another priority is the amendment of the Law on Safety and Health at Work, which is essential for improving conditions in high-risk sectors, particularly construction. The consequences of failing to approve and implement this legal framework are clear: in 2025 alone, up to 20 construction workers lost their lives on the job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ca7726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ca7726\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ab13ef\" data-id=\"2ab13ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-939f306 elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"939f306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;170&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">170<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7310219\" data-id=\"7310219\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bc6d0d elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8bc6d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">million euros lost from the EU and World Bank<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1986fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1986fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27cbf5f\" data-id=\"27cbf5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8627ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8627ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although under the EU\u2019s punitive measures, Kosovo has full access to the Growth Plan, a six-billion-euro package for Western Balkan countries for 2024\u20132027, provided each state approves its Reform Agenda. Kosovo approved its agenda in October 2024, positioning it as a strategic roadmap for governance, infrastructure, economic diversification, energy, labor markets, rule of law, social inclusion and digitalization. Implementing the agenda, which is divided into five pillars, is estimated to cost over 882 million euros.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all other Western Balkan countries have already received the first tranche of the fund. Kosovo, lacking a functional Assembly and with the Growth Plan still unratified, is the only country without access to these funds. The deadline for ratification is December 2025. Failure to ratify risks delaying 7% of the total package value of 880 million euros, roughly 61 million euros.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to EU funds, Kosovo also has significant World Bank agreements blocked: 90 million euros in direct budget support and two other agreements on education and health worth 20 million euros. Without parliamentary ratification, none of these funds can take effect.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their suspension risks slowing structural reforms, economic development, improvements in public services and Kosovo\u2019s integration into the EU common market.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-547db1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"547db1e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-605df9c\" data-id=\"605df9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41cebe elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"c41cebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;21.9&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">21.9<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08f5915\" data-id=\"08f5915\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af9b5a elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1af9b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.7,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">million euros for elections<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00e1b14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00e1b14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2707b79\" data-id=\"2707b79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab27419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab27419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization of the general elections in February cost Kosovo\u2019s budget 7.9 million euros. During the campaign alone, 28 political entities spent nearly four million euros. Of this amount, the five largest parties spent 3.6 million euros. In total, around 11.9 million euros were spent on the February elections.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The extraordinary elections of December 28 come just one month after the country held local elections, which cost around 10 million euros. Organizing two major electoral processes within such a short period has imposed a burden of over 21 million euros on Kosovo\u2019s budget, not including the upcoming December 28 elections, at a time when the institution has failed to form a functional government.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Feature image: Ferdi Limani \/ K2.0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much have the MPs of the 9th legislature worked and spent? Eight months after the February 9 elections, Kosovo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":124301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[96,1461,1461],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124684"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124868,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124684\/revisions\/124868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}