Kosovo’s Kurti is preaching compromise in the search for a deal on the country’s next president, but his task is complicated by the turmoil inside the opposition LDK.
Perparim Isufi
The prospect of being punished by voters on all sides has injected a new sense of urgency to post-election political negotiations in Kosovo.
A little over a month since the last general election, caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti sat down with his political rivals, starting with Bedri Hamza of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, and ending with Lumir Abdixhiku.
Kurti’s Vetevendosje won 53 of the 120 seats up for grabs, meaning he can expect to form a government just with the support of MPs from Kosovo’s various ethnic minority communities.
But the party lost four MPs compared to the previous election of December 2025 and must now strike a deal with the opposition to muster quorum for the election of a president or send vote-weary Kosovars to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years.
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