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]
| This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information. |
Reforms promised by the Prud Agreement would “build the ability of the State to meet the requirements of the EU integration process”.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina initials pre-membership agreement with EU, Xinhua, 2007-12-05
- ^ Bosnia signs EU pre-accession deal, EUobserver, 2008-06-17
- ^ http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=42806
© This material from Wikipedia is licensed under the
GFDL
