Archive · 22 Sep 2025
EU Urges Bosnia to Speed Up Reforms, Serbs Boycott
The EU is pushing Bosnia to make changes so it can join the EU, like other European countries.
The EU is also providing financial aid to the Balkan nations.
A top EU official, Marta Kos, visited Bosnia to encourage these changes.
However, Bosnian Serb politicians, led by Milorad Dodik, are boycotting her visit because they disagree with some of the changes.
They have been sanctioned for actions that undermine the peace deal.
Bosnia missed out on some funds already and may lose more if it does not implement the reform program by the end of September.
Bosnia has been split into two autonomous regions since a war in the 1990s.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos urged Bosnia to speed up reforms.
Kos's visit was boycotted by Bosnia's Serb community.
Bosnia was invited to open EU membership negotiations last year.
Bosnia has already missed a tranche of EU funding due to unmet reform requirements.
Serb politicians have been blocking the work of the country's institutions.
- Who
- Marta Kos, EU Enlargement Commissioner, and Bosnian Serb community
- What
- Kos urged Bosnia to accelerate EU-required reforms, which led to a boycott by Bosnian Serbs.
- When
- Kos made the statements during a visit to Bosnia.
- Where
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Why
- To encourage Bosnia's progress toward EU membership, which is dependent on reforms.
- Key Figure
- Marta Kos, EU Enlargement Commissioner
- Location
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Main Issue
- Bosnia's slow progress on EU reforms
- Serb Community's Reaction
- Boycott of Kos's visit
- Funding at Stake
- 6 billion euros total, 108 million euro tranche already missed