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Kosovo Parliament Dissolved After Failed Presidential Vote Triggers Snap Election

A two-thirds quorum that enables opposition boycotts now clouds Kosovo’s path toward the EU.

Members of the parliament leave the plenary session after failing to elect the new president at the parliament building in Pristina, Kosovo April 28, 2026. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj
FILE - A man holds his ballot prior to voting in early parliamentary election in Kosovo's capital Pristina, on Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File)

Overview

  • Kosovo’s assembly, which missed Tuesday’s midnight deadline to choose a successor to Vjosa Osmani, was declared dissolved under a Constitutional Court ruling.
  • Snap parliamentary elections must be held within 45 days, and acting president and speaker Albulena Haxhiu is expected to set the date.
  • Prime Minister Albin Kurti did not win opposition backing for his preferred candidate as opposition parties boycotted the vote that required a two-thirds quorum of 80 lawmakers.
  • The new ballot will be the third national election in just over a year, extending a political stalemate that has disrupted governing and threatened international funding.
  • The renewed turmoil adds pressure to EU-led efforts to improve relations with Serbia, which remains a key condition for Kosovo’s progress toward the bloc.