Day: July 5, 2013

Meanwhile in the Balkans

Posted in Uncategorized - July 5, 2013 - 4 Comments

I did this interview Wednesday for Bedrudin Brljavac of the Turkish Anadolu agency in Sarajevo:

  1. In the aftermath of the accession of Croatia to the EU, do you think that the EU doors are still open to other Balkan countries as well, or has an idea about enlargement recently lose popularity among Europeans?

The door doesn’t really open until a country is ready to join.  I think it will open for other Balkans countries, but only when they are well prepared. 

  1. Today there has appeared an interview with former Higher representative Paddy Ashdown who said that after Croatia joined the EU and Serbia joins in the future, Bosnia will stay isolated. Do you think that Bosnia can indeed stay isolated and out of the EU in the long run? Do you think that the “process of Palestinisation of Bosnia” is real and possible? Read more
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