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A country of 3.3 million, Bosnia and Herzegovina has complex power-sharing structure between the three constituent ethnicities, Muslims, Serbs and Croats (Photo: Michal Huniewicz)

Last-minute legal changes to Bosnian election law stir controversy

The EU remained lukewarm on the controversial decision by Bosnia and Herzegovina's international envoy, tasked with steering post-war recovery, to change the constitution and election law shortly after polls closed on Sunday (3 October) night.

The election law has been an issue for over a decade, with dozens of rounds of failed negotiations among ethnic groups of the federation.

A country of 3.3 million, Bosnia and Herzegovina has a tripartite presidency and a complex power-shari...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

A country of 3.3 million, Bosnia and Herzegovina has complex power-sharing structure between the three constituent ethnicities, Muslims, Serbs and Croats (Photo: Michal Huniewicz)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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