The European Union’s executive arm will recommend that member countries open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on March 12, despite lingering ethnic divisions in the Western Balkan country.
Bosnia-Herzegovina is among six nations from the region—the others are Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia—who are at different stages of the EU accession process following a period of wars and crises in the 1990s.
Their memberships have been stalled for years. But after Russia’s war on Ukraine, EU officials are more keen on trying to lure them away from the Kremlin’s influence. EU leaders are expected to discuss the European Commission’s recommendation at a summit scheduled in Brussels next week.
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