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Kosovo in political stalemate as parliament fails to elect speaker

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Kosovo's parliament failed to elect a new speaker for the fourth time on Friday, prolonging a legislative crisis that has prevented efforts to form a new government more than two months after an inconclusive election. Under Kosovo's constitution, a parliamentary speaker must be voted in before the election winner can form a government, but without cross-party support that is proving difficult, and the stalemate has exposed deep divisions in Europe's newest state. In the February 9 parliamentary election, following an acrimonious campaign in which outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti called the opposition "animals" and "thieves", his Vetevendosje party came first but did not secure an outright majority.
Kosovo's political landscape remains in a deadlock as the parliament failed to elect a new president in the fourth round of voting, with neither candidate, Nasufi nor Vjosa Osmani, securing the required 80 votes; this ongoing stalemate, exacerbated by the boycott of opposition parties, has raised concerns about the potential for early elections and the stability of the government amidst the backdrop of Serbia-Kosovo tensions and the need for EU-mediated dialogue.

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