The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, responded to opposition criticism regarding the 2026 budget.
He said that his speech presented at the formation of the government could not be immediately reflected in the budget before the government program is submitted to the Assembly.
According to him, once the government program is brought to the Assembly, the 2026 budget will be revised.
“It cannot be new, just as the composition of the Assembly and the new government are new. The promises we made during the last campaign are, of course, summarized in the speech I gave on February 11, when I was re-elected Prime Minister. But before that speech can be transformed into a new budget, the government program must come to you. It would be abnormal for us to present a budget in line with the speech without first presenting the government program. The logical order chronologically is: campaign promises, the speech, the program, and then the budget revision. Here, we were criticized that this is a status quo budget, but I responded that first we will bring the government program and then the budget revision. But if stability was once progress, now there is stable progress,” he said in today’s Assembly session, where the 2026 draft budget is being reviewed.
After his speech, Kurti left the plenary hall but said he would return.
