Politics

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For many years, Western players have been going all out to placate the populistic-nationalist players and their destructive ideologies: yet their questionable methods of appeasement and undemocratic interventions have ended up bolstering the very powers that have come to pose a threat to peace. The way for new excesses of violence has been paved. By supporting firebrands, Russia has been able to expand its influence further – this is the Kremlin’s second front for the destabilisation of Europe.

Democratic values and principles have been under fire in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years, from within and without, a battle between ethnocracy and democracy is being waged in the country at the expense of its citizens.

This essay investigates the effects of contemporary migrations on the constitution of a new epoch of peace, with particular emphasis on the European Union as a desired integrating entity for hundreds of thousands of people uprooted from their hearths.

The situation in which Bosnia and Herzegovina finds itself today requires an equal approach of Europeans towards our country, considering that we are going through the most severe political crisis since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. That is why the atmosphere in the country is unequivocally reminiscent of the beginning of the 1990s. This is why the Members of the European Parliament came to hear the people - not only the officials of Bosnia and Herzegovina or representatives of the civil society, but also the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, those who fear the most.  

With this panel, we came to the conclusion that the conditions for changing the Constitution and the Election Law have not been met due to the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the pre-election year, and that the work of state institutions, including the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been blocked by secessionist forces from the Republika Srpska, while at the same time the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is de facto in a technical mandate, due to the HDZ obstructions in the establishing the government at that level in accordance with the results of previous elections.

The price tag for entering the political competition in North Macedonia is about to get a lot higher, especially for civic initiatives and independent candidates, with the amendments to the Electoral Code proposed by the government. The amendments, if passed by the Parliament, would require each independent list for the upcoming municipal elections to submit the signatures of at least two percent of the registered voters in the designated municipality, in order for their candidacy to be accepted and for them to be allowed to take part in the elections, planned to be held in October.

Only when enlightened citizens realize that they have rights and that they can and must use them to change the system for the better, something will change.

The Dayton Agreement is centred around a warped, ethnicised view that accords a special role in the state to the three constitutional peoples – the Bosniaks, the Croats and the Serbs. The overall population, the citizens, the citoyens were effectively stripped of their powers; the individual person degraded – existing merely as an instrument of ethnic power cartels. Click here for download

Criminal ethno-clans have dominated the political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina for three decades, and the destructive ideologies of the 1990s have never been placed ad acta. Many voters discovered the power of their vote at the local elections, in order to reject the ruling parties in urban centres. In Sarajevo, an alternative block won. The Serbian secessionists surrounding the obstructive member of the BiH Presidency Milorad Dodik suffered a defeat in their stronghold Banja Luka. The voting was accompanied by massive electoral fraud.

The crucial novelty of the Memorandum is its clear distinction of the Joint Commission’s working concepts: it reads that the Macedonian side refuses to accept the concept of "common history" – using "shared history" instead – which in turn undermines the bilateral trust between the two states.

Agenda coming ‘in the name of Croats in BiH’ relies almost entirely on the victimology/victorious narrative, with a populist aspiration to preserve the 'nation' endangered by majoritarianism in the Federation BiH.

One of the most surprising aspects of the recent Croatian parliamentary elections held on July 5th, 2020 was the unexpected success of the Možemo! coalition of few smaller parties leaning to the new-left and green end of political compass. Although Možemo! gained only 7 mandates out of the total of 151 parliamentary seats, their success indicated that a movement based on grassroots activism and fight for green policies, feminism, workers‘ rights and anti-corruption agenda can be viable not only in Croatia, but also in other countries in the region such as Serbia.

  All the media announced: “An agreement about Mostar has been signed”, “Elections will be held in Mostar” – the news has been popping up everywhere. One would think this historic agreement would “bring back co-existence and democracy”, as the famous Bosnian movie song goes. But is this really the case?

The Democratic Front (DF) recently tabled amendments to the countries Election Law in parliamentary procedure. Of course, it didn't take long for the HDZ and SNSD headquarters to make it known that they didn't want to talk about it. At the same time, however, the first people of these two parties are threatening to block the state unless the Election Law changes. If, however, they do not want to discuss material put out by DF, the only thing that can be concluded is that the amendments to the Election Law must follow the basic principles under which HDZ operates. So, it’s either the Election Law according to the solutions offered by the HDZ or the combined Čović-Dodik blockade of the state.

North Macedonia must continue to wait for the start of EU accession negotiations. The European Councils decision has triggered a political crisis in the country. Not only the EU has lost credibility, but also Zoran Zaev's government. It should not be forgotten, however, that the upcoming new elections will once again confront in particular the civil society in North Macedonia with challenges that should not be underestimated.