The current draft will be discussed by EU ambassadors Wednesday and by EU leaders Thursday. Several diplomats were optimistic the current language on Bosnia will ultimately be adopted by leaders.
One diplomat from a country initially more skeptical of Bosnia’s progress to date, who was granted anonymity to discuss the topic candidly, said that the second part of the paragraph is key. “All the reforms we’ve agreed really need to be completed before any next step can happen for Bosnia.”
In the lead-up to Thursday’s summit, seven European countries had urged their counterparts to follow the recommendation of the European Commission on Bosnia. Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Slovakia and Slovenia had said the bloc should “seize the momentum and the current window of opportunity,” according to the letter, previously reported by POLITICO.
