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EU decides on accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina

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BELGIUM-EU-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-SUMMIT — The nation has its place within the “European family,” wrote EU Council President Charles Michel
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Bosnia-Herzegovina is taking one other step in direction of EU membership. The EU heads of state and authorities determined to start out accession negotiations with the Balkan nation. At the identical time, they known as for a right away ceasefire within the Gaza struggle.

DThe EU summit agreed to start out accession negotiations with the Western Balkan state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. EU Council President Charles Michel introduced this on Platform X within the night. The nation belongs to the European household, he wrote. “Now the hard work must continue steadily.”

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The approval had already been expressed on the EU summit in Brussels. Not solely Germany and Austria, but additionally the Netherlands, which is normally skeptical on the subject of enlargement, agreed to the EU Commission's advice. However, the Western Balkan nation should meet additional standards so {that a} negotiating framework might be agreed.

The EU Commission had supported the beginning of talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina as a result of the nation had just lately made vital progress in home political reforms after years of standstill. The battle with the Serbian republic particularly has precipitated stress within the multi-ethnic state for years and prevented reforms.

It is unclear how lengthy it should take from the beginning of accession talks to EU accession. Turkey, for instance, grew to become an EU candidate in 1999 – and has most likely by no means been additional away from membership than it’s in the present day. Theoretically, a candidate for membership can by no means grow to be a member.

EU states name for a right away ceasefire within the Gaza struggle

The leaders additionally known as for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire leading to a permanent ceasefire” within the Gaza Strip. They additionally known as for “the unconditional release of all hostages” and known as on Israel to not launch a floor offensive in Rafah, “which would worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian situation.”

They additionally expressed concern concerning the “imminent famine” attributable to insufficient imports of help into the Gaza Strip. This had a “disproportionate impact on the civilian population, particularly children,” it stated.

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article250687396/EU-Gipfel-EU-beschliesst-Beitrittsverhandlungen-mit-Bosnien-Herzegowina.html