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"Bosnia and Herzegovina has been recognised as a potential candidate since as far back as the Thessaloniki Summit of 2003. The country has been engaged in the Stabilisation and Association Process since 2000, but the related stabilisation and association agreement (SAA) was only signed in 2008 and has not yet come into force, meaning that the request for Union accession has still not been officially made. The last Member State’s ratification of the SAA in February 2011 ought to have led to its entry into force within 40 days, but the failure to comply with the obligations arising from preceding agreements made by Bosnia and Herzegovina has stopped the SAA in its tracks. The obligations in question relate to the adoption of laws on State aid, the national census and implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, which entail a constitutional amendment in order to extend electoral eligibility to members of ethnic minorities. Despite the ongoing difficulties of the domestic political situation, I think it is still decidedly in our interest to retain the country’s ties to Europe, as this is the only way to ensure stability and progress. In the current situation, an increased EU presence on the ground is key and could help give fresh impetus to the internal reform process and, hence, the country’s European prospects."@en1
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