With yet another snap election coming up on June 7, experts fear that the almost constant political turmoil in Europe’s youngest country is undermining its credibility abroad.
Antigone Isufi
When the December 28 snap parliamentary election delivered a landslide victory to Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje, many expected the country’s year-long political deadlock to end – and that Kurti would resolve the backlogged issues of inaugurating a parliament, forming a new cabinet and ensuring that parliament elects a new President.
While Kurti easily resolved the two first matters, the election of a new President revealed the difficult part of a process that has now ended with an unwanted result – the dissolution of parliament and announcement of more snap elections, just four months after voters went to the polls.
With the elections announced for June 7, this will be the third time Kosovo voters head to parliamentary elections within 16 months. This is a serious political and financial burden on a small country that declared its independence just over 18 years ago, but has seen its path to membership of most important international organisations blocked by Serbia, which refuses to recognise its former province as independent.
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