After ‘Unnecessary’ Polls, Kosovo Parties Ponder How to Avoid Another Crisis

Xhorxhina Bami and Shqipron XhemaPristinaBIRNJune 26, 202607:49After snap elections failed to transform the parliamentary landscape, the question is whether the rival parties can now reach an understanding to elect a president and so end Kosovo’s political deadlock. “Kosovo did not need these elections – and the results proved this,” acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti told a meeting of his acting government on Wednesday. He was referencing snap parliamentary elections on June 7 held because of parliament’s failure to elect a president. But the polls did not substantially change the number of seats held by the parties compared to the two previous elections in 2025. Kurti’s Vetevendosje Movement won 53 of the 120 seats, down four from the last December 2025 election.

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