Landslide Vote Restores Political Stability in Kosovo
With over half the vote, Vetëvendosje ended a year long deadlock, empowering Kurti to govern alone and confront corruption, organised crime and Serbian pressure directly.
Kosovo’s governing party claimed a decisive victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday1, according to official results and local media reporting, ending months of uncertainty and handing Prime Minister Albin Kurti a renewed and strengthened mandate at a moment of political and economic strain for Europe’s youngest state.
With ballots counted late into the night, Lëvizja Vetëvendosje secured more than half of the national vote, a threshold that would allow it to govern without relying on reluctant coalition partners. The outcome marked a sharp reversal from elections held in February, when the party emerged first but fell short of a majority, triggering a prolonged institutional paralysis.
The vote followed the dissolution of parliament by President Vjosa Osmani after nearly a year of failed coalition talks that froze legislative work, delayed international financing and raised concerns among Western partners about political stability in Pristina. Sunday’s election was the second parli…
