The U.S. Embassy in Pristina said it looks forward to working with Kosovo’s new Government and Assembly to “advance shared priorities, including regional peace, stability and mutual prosperity.”
The Embassy’s announcement, published on social media, comes two days after the Constitutional Court said that Kosovo’s new Government, led by Albin Kurti, was elected in accordance with the Constitution.
The country’s highest court also clarified that lawmakers of the eleventh legislature have until October 6 to elect the country’s new president.
Regarding the constitution of the Assembly, the Constitutional Court asked lawmakers to also elect the second deputy speaker from the ranks of the Democratic Party of Kosovo. However, the Court found that the legislative body was constituted beyond the 30-day deadline.
The Assembly was constituted on September 13, and a few hours later the Kurti 4 Government was also voted in.
However, the Constitutional Court’s announcement has set the Assembly in motion, with its Presidency holding the first meeting of the eleventh legislature today.
Over the past two years, Kosovo has faced continuous political crises. In June, the country held early parliamentary elections after political parties failed to reach a consensus on the election of the president.
Following the June elections, the Vetëvendosje Movement – the winner of the elections – and the Democratic League of Kosovo, which emerged as the third-largest political force, reached an agreement on the president at the end of August, proposing former Constitutional Court judge and former diplomat Bekim Sejdiu as a consensus candidate.
However, just one day later, on September 1, it became clear that six LDK lawmakers opposed his nomination, meaning that, in practice, Sejdiu did not have the 81 votes, or two-thirds of the 120-seat Assembly, required for the presidential election process.
On September 14, Sejdiu announced his withdrawal from the race, citing a lack of support from lawmakers.
If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement on the president, the country risks heading toward new elections. These would be the fourth elections since February 2025 and the second triggered by the failure to elect a president.
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