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Ursula von der Leyen meets Zoran Tegeltija, chairman of the council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2022 (Photo: EU Commission)

No, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not ready for the EU

The European Commission has asked the member states' leaders assembling in Brussels next week for the customary end-of-year European Council to approve EU candidate status for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Doing so would be a mistake, however.

It would undermine what credibility the EU accession process still has by rewarding the most obstructionist politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It would undermine the credibility of t...

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Ursula von der Leyen meets Zoran Tegeltija, chairman of the council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2022 (Photo: EU Commission)

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Toby Vogel is a Brussels-based co-founder and senior associate of the Democratization Policy Council, a think tank in Berlin.

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