Since being rejected last summer, along with Albania, a number of dates have been floated for the implementation of a visa-free regime for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Now, these citizens – caught in the EU’s carrot-and-stick political net and the vice grip of obstructive local politics – are waiting for the next viable deadline.
Despite the fact that all the initial conditions for visa liberalization have been fulfilled, a precise date has not been set as the international community attempts to punish Bosnia’s nationalist authorities, who have spent their latest four-year mandate batting about nationalist and secessionist rhetoric and further polarizing society in the vote-buying game.
So far, Bosnia has implemented more technical requirements than has neighboring Serbia, which was granted an EU visa-free regime last July, along with Montenegro and Macedonia. At that time, Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo saw their visa liberalization bids rejected. The EU then promised that once the necessary technical requirements were fulfilled, Bosnians would be eligible for visa liberalization.
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