Political blockade in the country: Kosovo expected to lose 40m euros from EU

At a media conference, Zulfaj said that from 62 steps that are under way, implementation has been completed until June 30th, 18th, and 15th July. Kosovo will address the European Commission with the request for the allocation of funds for implementation reforms, says the Online Economy, Periscopi broadcast.

In total, there are 62 steps running until yesterday. Of them, 13 have been in additional terms until June 30, 2026, while the remaining 49 steps are under way, with 27 of them having a deadline until the end of 2026. Out of a total of 62 steps, we consider 18 steps have been implemented, for which 15 July we will seek the allocation of funds from the European Union. For steps that fail to be implemented in the extra period, according to the reform instrument, the means dedicated to their completion are lost,” said Zulfaj.

He clarified that from the 13 steps that had additional deadlines until June 30th, seven have been realised, while six have failed to fully meet.

“From these 13 steps that were part of the additional deadline reform agenda, seven are considered implemented, meanwhile six have failed to fully implement. Even in these six steps, there are several substeps, mainly of actions dependent on the government, but the full fulfillment of the” obligations has not been achieved, he stressed.

According to Zulfaj, the unfulfilled steps are mainly related to the adoption of legislation in the Parliament.

“The steps that have not been implemented until yesterday are: The Law on Energy and Electricity with Sublaws, the Law for State Assistance, the Law for Innovation and the Establishment of the National Council and Innovation Fund, the legislation for bankruptcy and insolvency, the package of six laws of reform in justice, and the Strategy for Combating Organised Crime with corresponding sub-proliferation”, he said.

He stressed that the vast majority of unfulfilled commitments depend on the functioning of the Assembly.

Of these six steps that have not been implemented, five of them, or 83 percent, have to do with the adoption of laws in the Assembly. The only step related to the government is the Strategy for Combating Organised Crime, which for procedural reasons cannot be approved by a government in office and requires the government to be in full capacity. In other words, almost all steps that have failed to be implemented in the extra deadline are due to failure and blockades in the Parliament”, he said.

Zulfaj said not to implement these reforms could cost Kosovo tens of millions of euros, while the final amount would be determined by the European Commission.

The estimated “Costo of the timely failure of these six steps is estimated to be over 40m euros. The exact value will be determined by the European Commission's assessment, depending on whether it will take into account the substeps that have been implemented. We will present all the arguments and progress achieved during the assessment process”, Zulfaj added.