It is crucial to use the current momentum and to decide to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina at the European Council later this week
Karoline Edtstadler says the EU must keep its promises
Media mentions – Bosnia
The credible enlargement process is the best answer to any third-party’s interference. It would be economically insane [for European countries] to look elsewhere.
Miroslav Lajčák comments on Moscow’s and Beijing’s interference in the Western Balkans
This is now an escalation of a process that has been ongoing since 2006, really since he assumed power in Republika Srpska
Majda Ruge analyses Dodik’s recent words and actions as part of a well-established pattern of provocation by the Serb leader
Dodik’s “decade-long salami slicing tactics,” [is] aimed at “picking the Bosnian central government apart.”
Majda Ruge about the possibility of conflict looming in Bosnia as Serb leaders threaten secession
Milorad Dodik used the loopholes of the Dayton agreement to his advantage, to promote his secessionist ideas and take concrete steps to withdraw from Bosnia’s central institutions
If the EU and the United States want to avoid the destruction of Bosnia and the possibility of renewed conflict, they need to stand up to Dodik
Majda Ruge argues that the EU and the United States need to stop making concessions to Serbian secessionist forces backed by Russia
We see that some countries are kind of more prosperous in their path into the EU, but the others are left behind – like Bosnia and Kosovo
Engjellushe Morina comments on Kosovo PM Kurti’s failure to commit to negotiation date with Serbia