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Bosnia and Herzegovina is an extremely fascinating, but complex country and difficult to govern. Only reason and dialogue can avert further humanitarian tragedy in the region (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - where is EU leadership in this drama?

The EU's new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, cut to the chase: Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing "the greatest existential crisis of the post-war period".

Political tensions between the three major ethnic groups inhabiting the country - Serbs, Croats and Bosnians - are growing rapidly.

A deep political crisis - the undisguised separatist discourse of Republika Srpska leader Dodik - and large-scale security exercises by his police forces have i...

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Hilde Vautmans MEP is a member of the committee on foreign affairs (AFET), and foreign affairs coordinator of the liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is an extremely fascinating, but complex country and difficult to govern. Only reason and dialogue can avert further humanitarian tragedy in the region (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection)

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Hilde Vautmans MEP is a member of the committee on foreign affairs (AFET), and foreign affairs coordinator of the liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.

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