Kosovo risks being left without a budget, President Osmani appeals for political compromise
Civil society in the country called on Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani to unite political parties to approve the new budget, as the country risks being left without a budget.
Osmani will seek this during upcoming talks with political parties, her media advisor, Bekim Kupina, told Radio Free Europe. “The president will call for a political compromise, through which the interests of Kosovo and its citizens will be guaranteed, as well as the way forward for the country’s advancement,” Kupina said on Tuesday. He added that Osmani “will encourage” political parties to cooperate to avoid any blockades that could negatively affect the well-being of citizens and the functioning of Kosovo’s institutions.
Osmani is expected to call political parties for consultations soon, after on Sunday, the first candidate to form the new government, Albin Kurti of the Vetëvendosje Movement, failed to win the necessary votes for a third term.
Kosovo formed a new parliament months ago, but the failure last week to form a new government has increased the risk that the country will enter 2026 without a budget.
In a letter to Osman, 21 civil society organizations said that the lack of a new budget would paralyze payments for teachers’ salaries, doctors’ salaries, public administration, social transfers for hundreds of thousands of Kosovo citizens, the implementation of public works, and more. These organizations proposed to the president, as they said, several “possible legal and enforceable ways out.” They demand that the incumbent government submit to the Assembly the draft budget law for 2026, or that the current Assembly at least vote on an extension of the current budget until the end of March 2026. They also demand the ratification of the Agreement with the European Union on the Growth Plan, the Facility Agreement, and the Loan Agreement.
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