Spahiu: The government will be formed quickly; a crisis is possible next year due to presidential elections

University professor Nexhmedin Spahiu believes that Kosovo’s new government will be formed quickly and that the scenario from 2014, when it took six months from the elections to the formation of Isa Mustafa’s government, will not be repeated.

"Albin Kurti will succeed in forming a government with non-Serb minorities and Rasic, and if that is not enough, he will also have Fatmir Limaj and his MPs, however many there are in parliament, so such problems will not arise," Spahiu predicts.

However, he sees the election of Kosovo’s president next year as a political challenge and warns that this issue could lead to new elections.

"There may be new elections at that time because the Constitution mandates that if a president cannot be elected, new elections must be held. However, even new elections are unlikely to resolve the problem. This issue will persist until Kosovo changes its Constitution so that the president is elected directly by the people, as is the case in North Macedonia and Serbia. So, if Kosovo’s political class does not work on changing the political system to allow for direct presidential elections, then a political crisis will occur next year," Spahiu argues.