The LA coalition ( sq, Koalicioni LA) was a political alliance in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, between the

Democratic League of Kosovo The Democratic League of Kosovo ( sq, Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo. At the legislative elections held on 24 October 2004 the party won 45.4% of the popular vote and 47 out ...

and The Alternative which stood in the

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along with the

New Kosovo Alliance New Kosovo Alliance ( sq, Aleanca Kosova e Re, AKR) is a liberal political party in Kosovo. The party was founded on 3 May 2006, by Behgjet Pacolli. History In April 2007, a BBSS Gallup International/Index survey suggested that the AKR was the ...

, who left the coalition after the elections. It was founded originally as LAA coalition ( sq, Koalicioni LAA). The

member

Avdullah Hoti Avdullah Hoti (born 4 February 1976) is a Kosovan politician, who served as the prime minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/ LDK coali ...

was the leader of the parliamentary group, and the coalition's candidate for prime minister. The coalition was in opposition and had a total of 27 seats.

History

No single party or pre-election coalition would be able to govern alone in Kosovo, according to the results of the snap elections, held on 11 June 2017. The LAA Coalition came third in the elections behind the

PAN Coalition The PANA coalition was a ruling post-electoral Kosovan political alliance between four major List of political parties in Albania, Albanian political parties and six ethnic List of political parties in Kosovo, Kosovan minority parties. Its formati ...

and

Vetëvendosje Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (, en, Self-determination Movement; LVV) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Kosovo. It is orientated towards principles of social democracy, populism, and Albanian nationalism. Vetëvendosje was founded in ...

, winning 29 seats, with 32 more seats needed for a majority. Many meetings were held with

officials to form a coalition so the 61 seats minimum for a majority could be met, but no agreement was ever made. On 4 September 2017, the

leader

Behgjet Pacolli Behgjet Isa Pacolli ; sh, Behđet Isa Pacoli. (born 30 August 1951) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and businessman who served as the first deputy prime minister of Kosovo and minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019 under the Ramush Harad ...

informed the

leader

Isa Mustafa Isa Mustafa (; born 15 May 1951) is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the D ...

that they were leaving the coalition. A few hours later the

formed the government on 9 September 2017 with the

, which left the LA Coalition in opposition.{{Cite web, url=http://www.insajderi.com/ramush-haradinaj-kryeminister-kosoves/, title=Ramush Haradinaj, kryeministër i Kosovës, website=www.insajderi.com, language=en, access-date=2017-10-16 The coalition ended in August 2019, when the Kosovo assembly triggered early elections in a vote of no-confidence.

References

Political party alliances in Kosovo