Republika Srpska assessed the prospects of BiH's accession to the EU

The process of integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) into the European Union has slowed down in the last decade. There is virtually no chance of Sarajevo joining the EU, Srdjan Mazalica, a member of the Assembly (Parliament) of Republika Srpska (entity of BiH), told Izvestia.

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"The EU does not have the political will to accept states with internal conflicts into its ranks, and most of the countries of the Western Balkans are just like that. In this regard, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the worst candidate, since Bosnian Muslims stubbornly strive to create a unitary state with the support of the leading countries of the collective West, whose actions are mostly destructive. To be honest, I don't believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina will ever become an EU member," the politician said.

Earlier, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina dismissed the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, which caused a political crisis.

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