Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union

Bosnia and Herzegovina's EU accession bid EU Bosnia and Herzegovina PPP GDP ($M) 15,247,000 42,998 Area (km²) 4,324,782 51,197 Population 501,259,840 3,981,239 Status Stabilisation and Association

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Constitution Dayton Agreement Peace Implementation Council High Representative Valentin Inzko Presidency Haris Silajdžić (Chairman) Nebojša Radmanović Željko Komšić Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Špirić Parliament House of Peoples House of Representatives Political parties Elections 2006 2010 Foreign relations EU accession NATO accession Political divisions Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina President Borjana Krišto Prime Minister Mustafa Mujezinović House of Representatives Republika Srpska President Rajko Kuzmanović Prime Minister Milorad Dodik National Assembly Speaker Igor Radojičić Brčko District

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The accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union faces many economic and political problems today. The nation has recently been making slow but steady progress, including co-operation with the war crimes tribunal at The Hague.

Negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement - the first step before applying for membership - started in 2005 and were originally expected to be finalised in late 2007.^[1] Negotiations stalled due to a disagreement over police reform, which the EU insisted on centralising away from the entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Agreement was intialled on 4 December 2007, and, following the adoption of the police reforms in April 2008, the Agreement was signed on 16 June 2008.^[2][3] Reforms promised by the Prud Agreement would “build the ability of the State to meet the requirements of the EU integration process”.^[4]

According to the Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina planned to submit an application for membership between April and June 2009.^[5] However, an application ultimately was not submitted in this time frame. In February 2010, Alkalaj stated that Bosnia now planned to submit their membership application by the end of the year. ^[6] This was reiterated by Alkalaj in August. ^[7]

[edit] See also

• Enlargement of the European Union

[edit] References

1. ^ "Germany prepares to take over EU presidency". Southeast European Times. 2006-12-19. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/12/28/feature-01. Retrieved 2007-01-10. 
2. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina initials pre-membership agreement with EU, Xinhua, 2007-12-05
3. ^ Bosnia signs EU pre-accession deal, EUobserver, 2008-06-17
4. ^ http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=42806
5. ^ BiH podnosi kandidaturu za članstvo u EU 2009
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7. ^ [2]

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