PANA coalition

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{{Infobox political party

| name = PANA coalition

| native_name = Koalicioni PANA

| native_name_lang = sq

| colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Party of Kosovo}}

| abbreviation = PANA

| spokesperson = Ramush Haradinaj

| founder = Democratic Party of Kosovo
{{nowrap|Alliance for the Future of Kosovo}}
Social Democratic Initiative

| founded = {{start date and age|2017|5|df=y}}

| dissolved = {{end date and age|2019|8|22|df=y}}

| headquarters = Pristina, Kosovo

| country = Kosovo

}}

The PANA coalition ({{langx|sq|Koalicioni PANA}}) was a ruling post-electoral Kosovan political alliance between four major Albanian and six ethnic minority parties in Kosovo. Its formation ended three months of political uncertainty following the 2017 parliamentary election. It was founded originally as PAN coalition ({{langx|sq|Koalicioni PAN}}).

== 2017 election ==

Ahead of the June 2017 election, the nationalist political parties Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA) agreed to join forces, forming a pre-electoral coalition known as the "PAN coalition" or "War Faction coalition".

They aimed to challenge the pre-electoral coalition of moderate parties Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), The Alternative, and New Kosovo Alliance (AKR).

AAK party leader and former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj was the coalition's figurehead and candidate for Prime Minister of Kosovo, marking the first time since the end of the Kosovo War that all former KLA commanders had joined political parties.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

Haradinaj had been accused by Serbia of committing war crimes.{{Cite news |author-last1=Bajrami |author-first1=Florent |author-last2=Semeni |author-first2=Llazar |date=2019-07-19 |title=Kosovo PM resigns before questioning at The Hague |url=https://apnews.com/afbe5bfc4f7449e89875f002fc1952b0 |place=Pristina, Kosovo |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=2019-10-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026235104/https://apnews.com/afbe5bfc4f7449e89875f002fc1952b0 |archive-date=2019-10-26 }}

No single party achieved a majority of seats in the election.

The PAN coalition won nearly 34% of the vote; to secure the 61 votes (50%+1) needed to form a government, it needed to join with other coalitions.{{cite news |last=Ahmeti |first=Adelina |date=2017-07-26 |title=Kosovo’s PAN coalition leads in official snap election results |url=https://prishtinainsight.com/kosovos-pan-coalition/ |work=Prishtina Insight |publisher=BIRN Kosovo |accessdate=2019-10-26}}

The PANA coalition was formed on September 4 when AKR left its pre-electoral coalition with LDK and The Alternative to join the PAN coalition, along with ethnic minority parties.

The new coalition held 63 out of the 120 seats in parliament.{{cite news |author=RFE/FL's Balkan Service |date=2017-09-04 |title=Kosovo Coalition Signs Deal To Form Government, Ends Three-Month Deadlock |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-coalition-agreement-signed-ends-three-month-deadlock/28716481.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |accessdate=2019-10-26}}

Albin Kurti, leader of the nationalist party Vetëvendosje, commented after the announcement of the new coalition that the formation of a new government was left to Aleksandar Vučić.{{cite news |date=2017-09-05 |title=Kurti komenton marrëveshjen e AKR-së me PAN-in |trans-title=Kurti comments on AKR's agreement with PAN |url=https://telegrafi.com/kurti-komenton-marreveshjen-e-akr-se-pan/ |language=Albanian |work=Telegrafi |accessdate=2019-10-26}}