FOR months, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania have each been embroiled in crises of varying kinds. But over the past few days, the political landscapes in each of these countries have suddenly shifted, and for the better. Kosovar politicians who normally despise one another have struck a deal to campaign together in an election on June 11th. In Albania, a party that had been threatening for months to boycott elections agreed to take part. And Macedonia’s president at last agreed to let an opposing party form a government, ending a five-month-long impasse that had led to brawling in the streets and inside the country’s parliament itself.
The crisis in Kosovo was the most acute. On May 10th the country’s government fell when the Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK) of Hashim Thaci, the president, pulled out of the ruling coalition. The PDK wanted to hold elections before its declining popular support ebbed any further. The immediate cause of the collapse was the failure of parliament...Continue reading
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