The member states of the European Union have agreed to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio Free Europe learns.
RSE had an insight into the draft text of the conclusions that the leaders of the EU member states or governments will adopt during the summit that will be held in Brussels on March 21 and 22, and which also contains the wording on the opening of accession negotiations.
"Following the recommendation of the European Commission from March 12, 2024, the Council of the EU decides to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council invites the European Council to adopt the negotiation framework when the relevant steps specified in the Commission's recommendation from October 12, 2022 are taken," it says. in the latest draft of conclusions whose text was agreed on March 19.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that she would recommend the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, which, as she said, had made impressive progress.
BiH received candidate status in 2022. The President of the EC said that the EU understood that it is not enough to wait for the Western Balkans to get closer to the EU and to say that the doors of the Union are open.
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