BRUSSELS, Belgium – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to make Bosnia and Herzegovina a proper candidate to affix the bloc of 27 nations.
“Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted the status of candidate country today. A strong signal to the people, but also a clear expectation for the new authorities to deliver on reforms,” European Council President Charles Michel stated in a tweet.
General affairs ministers of the EU nations had already agreed on the candidate standing for Bosnia earlier this week.
It might be becoming a member of different EU candidates – Albania, Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine – within the course of to affix the EU, which may take a few years and entails complicated negotiations on adjusting native legal guidelines to match these of the EU. — Reuters
