Bosnia and Herzegovina's EU accession bid Status Stabilisation and Association EU Bosnia and Herzegovina PPP GDP ($bl.) 14.712.000 42.998 Area (km²) 4,324,782 51,197 Population 497,198,740 3,981,239

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union faces many economic and political problems today. The nation has recently been making slow but steady progress, including co-operation with the war crimes tribunal at The Hague.

Negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement - the first step before applying for membership - started in 2005 and were originally expected to be finalised in late 2007. ^[1] Negotiations stalled due to a disagreement over police reform, which the EU insisted on centralising away from the entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Agreement was intialled on 4 December 2007, and, following the adoption of the police reforms in April 2008, the Agreement was signed on 16 June, 2008. ^[2][3]

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Javier Solana indicated that Bosnia and Herzegovina might become an EU candidate in the spring of 2009. ^[4]

Reforms promised by the Prud Agreement would “build the ability of the State to meet the requirements of the EU integration process”.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Enlargement of the European Union

[edit] References

1. ^ "Germany prepares to take over EU presidency". Southeast European Times. 2006-12-19. http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/12/28/feature-01. Retrieved 2007-01-10. 
2. ^ Bosnia and Herzegovina initials pre-membership agreement with EU, Xinhua, 2007-12-05
3. ^ Bosnia signs EU pre-accession deal, EUobserver, 2008-06-17
4. ^ Solana pozdravlja reformu policije u BiH (Bosnian), Sarajevo-X.com, 2008-04-16
5. ^ http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/presso/pressr/default.asp?content_id=42806

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