The European Commission will make a positive recommendation on the start of formal accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina should start EU accession negotiations in parallel with Ukraine and Moldova. The European Commission is expected to announce this on Tuesday, March 12, Politico reports, citing its sources.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted EU candidate status in December 2022. The European Commission must now make a positive recommendation to start formal accession negotiations.
Ukraine and Moldova intend to take another step forward in their expansion process. The European Commission on Tuesday will propose a so-called negotiating framework that will set the rules and basic principles for accession negotiations. EU countries will discuss these texts.
Diplomats and EU officials have warned that an agreement between the bloc’s 27 members needed to formally start negotiations is unlikely to happen before European elections in June. For some EU members, including Austria, it is crucial that progress in Ukraine and Moldova go hand in hand with progress in the future accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Let’s remember that last year the Russian Ambassador “warned” Bosnia and Herzegovina about NATO membership, saying that the Russian Federation has the right to a “proportionate response” in the event of a threat.
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Source: korrespondent
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