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[00:00:37] All eye interventions, for children and adults, as well as treatment [00:00:41] of amblyopia and corneal transplants are performed by experienced [00:00:44] European surgeons, winners of the most prestigious European [00:00:48] awards, Sveti Vid, [00:00:49] Belgrade. [00:00:54] Drying has never been more affordable. Bosch [00:00:57] dryer with a saving of 200 km and a five- [00:01:01] year warranty, hurry to Domod. [00:05:16] The actors of Atelje 212 demanded the dismissal of the management, [00:05:20] i.e., the acting director Ljubiša Ristić, who was appointed [00:05:25] Now, a part of the employees of the National Theater [00:05:29] reminds the management of the request from a year and a half ago when [00:05:33] Dragoslav Bokan was appointed [00:05:36] president of the management board. I would like to remind the public [00:05:39] and the organized crime prosecutor's office [00:05:42] that Darko Tomović, the president of the union, on behalf of all of us, [00:05:46] members of that union, filed [00:05:49] a criminal complaint against Nikola Selaković, the president [00:05:53] of the management board, Bokan, and the acting [00:05:56] director of the National Theater, Bajić, for negligent conduct [00:06:00] and endangering the safety of their employees [00:06:03] as well as the audience. Not to [00:06:07] go into too many details of that [00:06:10] criminal complaint, but it stands. In someone's [00:06:13] drawer, we hope that that drawer will open [00:06:17] soon, what we think is absolutely not [00:06:21] right is that anyone who is at the head of any, let alone [00:06:24] a cultural institution, has one or [00:06:28] more criminal complaints against them. That is just one of the reasons [00:06:31] why we are asking them to resign. [00:06:33] ostavke. 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I am Majla Šabanović, you are watching N1. [00:09:17] And in the continuation, we will talk about the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Secretary [00:09:21] General of the European Movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haris Plakalo, [00:09:25] has joined me in the studio. Good day and welcome. Good [00:09:28] day to you, good day to your viewers. Thank you. The enlargement plan [00:09:31] has been presented, we have just heard the head [00:09:35] of the European Union Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina say: "uh, [00:09:38] a lost year, uh, we didn't get anything from [00:09:42] the growth plan, we are the only country that didn't withdraw money, we are the only [00:09:46] country that didn't get a roadmap, can we [00:09:49] expect a shift in the next four years?" Uh, first of all, [00:09:53] that shift should be structured in three areas, that is, to [00:09:57] finally establish a functional negotiating mechanism with the new [00:10:01] government, that is number one, number two should be [00:10:04] judicial reform, i.e., the adoption [00:10:07] of important judicial laws such as the law on the HJPC and the law on the court [00:10:11] which are not just some... technical letter requested by the European [00:10:14] Commission, but basic changes within the judicial [00:10:17] structure of a state, and then the focus should be on the third [00:10:21] area, which is economy, market, strengthening competitiveness, attracting [00:10:25] investments, of course, all this that I have mentioned [00:10:28] must be preceded by a political responsibility above all and [00:10:32] a political commitment to reach the stage of [00:10:35] implementing this and thereby [00:10:38] getting closer to European trends, starting [00:10:42] our negotiating process and proceeding to the opening [00:10:45] of chapters, is that enough now, somehow the European [00:10:49] Union, we can say, eased up [00:10:52] in the previous period, we clearly had those 14 [00:10:55] demands, then that was reduced, we got [00:10:59] that green light for opening [00:11:02] negotiations, can we now expect more [00:11:05] additional concessions, especially since [00:11:08] Marta Koz today announced a new model of gradual [00:11:12] integration, so how to view that model, can it at least [00:11:16] help perhaps the authorities themselves to understand what the European [00:11:20] Union is asking for, but also to say how complicated the system itself is in Bosnia and [00:11:24] Herzegovina. The gradual integration into the European Union [00:11:27] was specifically emphasized by the Head of the European [00:11:30] Union Delegation, Ambassador [00:11:33] Soreca, that it would imply access to SEPA, in a certain way, [00:11:37] access to the single market within the European Union, but all of this requires [00:11:41] reforms, so it won't just happen. [00:11:44] In 2019, when Bosnia and Herzegovina received the opinion [00:11:48] of the European Commission, divided into four areas, 14 priorities, not [00:11:51] much was done to implement those priorities. In 2022, [00:11:55] candidate status was granted, and [00:11:58] in 2024, negotiating status. It was not [00:12:01] the European Commission that did this because it [00:12:05] lowered its criteria. It simply has the sensitivity to want [00:12:08] to see the entire Western Balkan region one [00:12:12] day integrated into full membership of the European Union, especially [00:12:15] Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is what it is in terms [00:12:19] of its constitutional complexity and structure and truly one [00:12:23] difficult way of making decisions and everything that [00:12:26] concerns political harmonization [00:12:30] of legislation, i.e., adoption of laws, [00:12:33] implementation of reforms. [00:12:36] I would say that it is precisely that sensitivity of the European [00:12:39] Commission that has been on the side of Bosnia and Herzegovina so far, but [00:12:43] the European Commission has never lowered its criteria. Today we are [00:12:46] required to fulfill obligations that need to be [00:12:49] implemented. Unfortunately, since [00:12:51] 2024 and the adoption of several laws [00:12:55] that were partially harmonized with European [00:12:58] legal nomenclature, nothing positive has been implemented, [00:13:02] except for the agreement with Frontex, the arrival of [00:13:05] Frontex at the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the agreement with [00:13:08] Eurojust, and this part concerning SP, negotiations [00:13:12] are underway, but officially Bosnia and Herzegovina has not yet entered [00:13:15] the single euro payment area, uh, so, really, [00:13:19] 2027, which will evidently [00:13:22] be a year of new coalitions and government formation after the general elections, [00:13:26] should be much better, much more positive when it comes to [00:13:30] European integration, we cannot look at [00:13:33] it paritocratically now, which political parties are for or [00:13:36] against European integration, we need a general [00:13:40] consensus regarding all European [00:13:43] processes, and it should be known that this must be a state priority, [00:13:47] not the priority of one, second, third political [00:13:51] option or some first, second, third, or fourth [00:13:54] political. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Judicial reforms [00:13:57] are crucial, somehow representatives of the European Union always talk [00:14:00] about them when they are here, and so do representatives of the domestic [00:14:03] government. It is clear what needs to be [00:14:06] adopted, but the laws have been in procedure [00:14:10] for years, those amendments to the Law on the [00:14:13] High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council that were adopted then two [00:14:16] or three years ago, were supposed to be just [00:14:20] the beginning and we should have already had a new law on the High Judicial [00:14:23] and Prosecutorial Council, however. However, it was on the agenda of several [00:14:27] Council of Ministers sessions, after that [00:14:30] in the state House of Peoples and the House of [00:14:34] Representatives and the House of [00:14:38] Peoples, so how to look at it now, how much [00:14:42] those laws that were there, because there were several forms, how much are they [00:14:45] actually harmonized with the rules of the European Union, [00:14:49] what can we expect at all, when can we expect their [00:14:52] adoption, first of all, the law on the HJPC which is needed [00:14:56] in Bosnia and is needed to the extent that it is fully [00:14:59] harmonized with the principles of the Venice Commission, [00:15:03] and then which is fully harmonized with the European legal [00:15:06] acquis that truly brings to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina [00:15:10] a law where the holders of the most important [00:15:13] judicial institutions, i.e., functions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will [00:15:16] be able to have [00:15:20] everything disclosed, so that there is nothing [00:15:23] hidden when it comes to either property records or the integrity [00:15:26] of judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the part that relates [00:15:30] to the Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina should [00:15:33] therefore establish a more efficient mechanism [00:15:36] of jurisdiction. of the judicial, or rather court [00:15:39] process within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Probably the [00:15:42] non-adoption of these two laws was politically unacceptable for [00:15:46] certain political representatives, because [00:15:48] so many times it was in parliamentary procedure and in [00:15:52] the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples both the law on the [00:15:55] HJPC and the law on the court, but it was not adopted, so they were adopted [00:15:58] in one form and then had [00:16:01] certain amendments to the law on the HJPC which partially satisfied [00:16:05] certain demands of the European [00:16:07] Commission some three years ago, but it was [00:16:11] then clearly detected and stated by the European Commission that a new law on the HJPC [00:16:15] would be needed in a year, yes, in a year, and [00:16:18] since then three years have already passed. [00:16:21] The basic foundation of accession to the European Union are [00:16:24] precisely human rights, judiciary, fight against [00:16:27] organized crime, corruption, media freedom, [00:16:31] all of this in Bosnia and Herzegovina is marked as [00:16:34] negative in this report of the European Commission which was [00:16:38] published today. Uh, what is positive is that [00:16:42] Frontex was signed and this agreement with Eurojust and [00:16:45] several other judgments that were in [00:16:48] the meantime, but truly much more negative was detected that [00:16:52] marked this period of one year until this [00:16:55] report, only 12 laws were adopted in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia [00:16:59] and Herzegovina in the period of this annual report that was presented [00:17:02] today, which is certainly disastrous. There was also no [00:17:05] agreement regarding the appointment of the chief negotiator, here we also had [00:17:09] the adoption in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly [00:17:13] that actually the representatives should appoint a new negotiator, [00:17:16] not the Council of Ministers, in order to actually avoid [00:17:20] SNSD's votes, what kind [00:17:23] of person should that person actually be, what kind of negotiator should be [00:17:26] representing and negotiating on behalf of Bosnia and [00:17:30] Herzegovina, and how do you view this situation that he was not [00:17:33] appointed? First of all, the chief negotiator should not and must not [00:17:36] be a political [00:17:39] megaphone of any political party, coalition, or [00:17:43] a part of the state or completely, so [00:17:46] it must be truly an individual [00:17:49] who knows very well the legislation of the European [00:17:52] Union itself, uh, the constitutional structure, [00:17:55] complexity, intricacies of decision-making in Bosnia and [00:17:59] Herzegovina, who has a sensitivity for making [00:18:02] compromises, dialogue, who is [00:18:05] a highly professional person... who truly from a technical [00:18:09] aspect knows thousands and thousands of pages of European [00:18:12] legislation that will be negotiated in the negotiation [00:18:15] process. Of course, when we talk about the chief negotiator, he will not [00:18:19] be alone there as an individual, the chief [00:18:22] negotiator will have his deputies, he will have his heads [00:18:25] of negotiating chapters and most importantly, establish a very [00:18:29] expert, so a structure that will deal with the negotiation [00:18:32] process, uh, we had unfortunately this situation that [00:18:36] we did not reach... a compromise on who should appoint the chief [00:18:39] negotiator, but for example, within [00:18:43] uh the government of the Republic of Croatia, when Mr. Drobnjak was proposed as the chief [00:18:46] negotiator for Croatia with the European Union, then the [00:18:49] government sent the proposal to the Parliament and the Parliament of, [00:18:52] of the Republic of Croatia confirmed Mr. Drobnjak as the chief [00:18:56] negotiator, I understand that it was desired to avoid SNSD's so that [00:19:00] it would be that only the House of Representatives would not be confirmed in the House of Peoples, [00:19:04] so but you see what illogical actions brought us. [00:19:07] so illogical political moves, uh, I don't see that [00:19:11] the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina or the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina gained anything from [00:19:15] some adventures into which [00:19:17] the previous state coalition [00:19:20] embarked, we are talking about the method of dismissal, so [00:19:24] you now have two ministers in the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina who were [00:19:27] dismissed in the House of Representatives, but for their further dismissal [00:19:31] the confirmation of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina is required, to embark on such [00:19:35] an adventurism and on the other hand to bring the state into [00:19:39] complete blockade was unacceptable, so that [00:19:42] strategy proved to be without a solution, then we came [00:19:46] to a situation where we have been stagnating for two and a half years now, not a single law [00:19:50] has been adopted, we are not talking only about the negotiator, since [00:19:53] 2022, the meeting of the management board for [00:19:57] IPA has not been held, so IPA cross-border cooperation that Bosnia and [00:20:00] Herzegovina has and has used in the past [00:20:04] due to the non-appointment of the national IPA coordinator, we have not been able to [00:20:07] appoint a coordinator for monitoring the funds that will [00:20:11] come from the growth plan. And also we have not been able to [00:20:15] ratify, sign financing and [00:20:18] credit lease instruments concerning the growth plan. So, these are all [00:20:22] certain shortcomings, in addition to these two laws, the law on the HJPC and the law on the [00:20:26] court, which are waiting for adoption so that we can [00:20:29] finally start our negotiation process. [00:20:32] Started that screening phase, which is an analytical review of legislation [00:20:36] by the European Commission. Where the European Commission will clearly [00:20:39] identify areas that need to be harmonized with the European legal [00:20:43] nomenclature within the European legal acquis of Bosnia and [00:20:46] Herzegovina. And that process takes approximately up to 18 [00:20:50] months according to estimates, it can be even earlier, then it goes into [00:20:54] clusters and opening, we will talk about that in a little more detail, what awaits [00:20:57] us, what could await us after that, however, we [00:21:01] somehow always talk about what could have been done, what [00:21:05] was not done, what is it that the European Union [00:21:08] demands from us and crucially, what everyone [00:21:11] emphasizes is that we [00:21:14] did not get access to that money from the growth [00:21:17] plan, how much money has Bosnia and Herzegovina not [00:21:21] taken so far, it could have, what could it have [00:21:24] done with that money? Well, we [00:21:27] haven't taken practically a single euro of that [00:21:30] money, we didn't have, we had uh [00:21:33] 1.8 billion euros uh was the allocation for Bosnia and [00:21:37] Herzegovina, the current indicative funds are [00:21:39] 976 million euros, [00:21:42] of course we have a reduction of 10%, that is 108 million [00:21:46] euros, when the reform agenda was not [00:21:49] sent to Brussels on time, and currently [00:21:52] Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a situation where it could permanently lose [00:21:56] 373 million euros by [00:21:59] December 31 of this year, [00:22:03] if some of the measures from the reform agenda, and there are [00:22:06] 113 of them, are not implemented by [00:22:09] December 31, again with a certain tolerance period [00:22:13] from the European Commission. So, we are on the verge [00:22:17] of permanently losing an additional 373 million euros that were [00:22:20] planned for Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is truly [00:22:23] money that is much needed by our state, [00:22:26] which would certainly go [00:22:30] towards strengthening digitalization and the rule of [00:22:33] law, and human rights, judiciary, [00:22:36] economy, infrastructure, economy, green [00:22:39] agenda, sustainable connectivity, so all of this is detected as [00:22:43] insufficient within Bosnia and Herzegovina and [00:22:47] media, unfortunately we are losing that... money precisely because [00:22:51] of all this that we have witnessed over the past two and a half years, and [00:22:54] we have entered a new phase, until now this was not the case, but for the last two [00:22:58] or three years, uh, we due to our [00:23:02] behavior, I would say, and the non-adoption of what should have [00:23:06] been adopted by Bosnia and Herzegovina, we are bearing [00:23:09] the consequences in the financial domain which until now [00:23:12] were not the case, let's not [00:23:16] comment on the situation regarding Moneyval, difficult payments. [00:23:20] difficult transactions, so these are all gradually instruments that [00:23:23] are starting to directly affect the life of every [00:23:27] individual, every citizen within Bosnia and Herzegovina, so these are no longer [00:23:31] just political messages or political [00:23:34] some losses in the domain of just reporting, [00:23:38] the report is presented and it precisely lists what was not done, [00:23:42] or what was done, but it is now specifically [00:23:45] reflected in the [00:23:46] lives of [00:23:49] citizens. citizens and entrepreneurs will actually pay the most and [00:23:53] that is precisely why do you feel [00:23:56] that the adoption of these laws, everything [00:23:59] we have listed during the conversation, that actually [00:24:03] it is not in the interest of politicians to [00:24:06] adopt them, or is it exclusively the problem that they cannot [00:24:10] reach an agreement, but on these issues there is no point in reaching [00:24:13] an agreement when the acquis of the European Union should be followed, that's why I'm [00:24:17] interested in that interest. We [00:24:20] "m, we cannot blame the political establishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina for everything, our [00:24:23] decision-making process and such a complex constitutional arrangement as [00:24:27] it is is truly complicated. [00:24:30] Unfortunately, there are many opportunities for blocking, there are many [00:24:34] instruments, mechanisms that we witness, not only in [00:24:38] the past four years, not only the past two years, but for [00:24:41] over 20 years, so [00:24:45] that way of organizing the state [00:24:48] creates certain problems when it comes to European [00:24:51] integration, but again on the other hand, I don't see [00:24:55] any reason or justification for any political [00:24:58] representative from any of the three constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina [00:25:02] and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be against European integration [00:25:06] against the benefits that improve [00:25:09] the socio-economic standard of every citizen [00:25:12] of the peoples living here. [00:25:14] It is possible that with certain interests, some [00:25:18] policies have an objective and clearly [00:25:22] an agenda to obstruct everything that concerns [00:25:25] the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not only towards the European [00:25:29] Union. In the report published today, we also have [00:25:32] an alarming warning regarding the public [00:25:35] radio and television service of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the issue [00:25:38] of BHRT. So, these are all some items [00:25:42] that evidently create problems [00:25:45] uh in the further path of Bosnia and Herzegovina towards the European Union. I don't see [00:25:49] any desire or enthusiasm to resolve [00:25:52] that as soon as possible. Up until now, statements have been quite [00:25:55] declarative and much is said about [00:25:59] European integration, but when it comes to the adoption [00:26:02] of these crucial laws, when it comes to laws on the judiciary that will [00:26:06] strengthen integrity, transparency, when [00:26:09] it comes to other laws that concern [00:26:13] finance and everything that in a certain way [00:26:16] places us in a European organized society, [00:26:20] we see that it truly does not pass, that it is difficult [00:26:23] to discuss it, especially to reach [00:26:27] some compromise, here at the end, let's just [00:26:30] connect, somehow they... "for years, the biggest [00:26:34] culprits, have been [00:26:36] politicians from SNSD, the government [00:26:40] in Republika Srpska and the loudest in statements when it [00:26:44] comes to the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina is Milorad Dodik, who is [00:26:47] now exclusively the president of the party, [00:26:50] several times even after the new general elections, he said [00:26:54] that Bosnia and Herzegovina remains on the European path, but that this European [00:26:58] path is not a priority, [00:27:00] now it seems likely that..." SNSD will remain in power, that it [00:27:04] will form it together with HDZ, and yesterday he [00:27:07] said that the European Union has actually been working [00:27:11] for years to dismantle, as he said, [00:27:14] the entities, and that now he wants the European Union to talk [00:27:18] to the entity of Republika Srpska, how do you view that, today [00:27:22] Marta Kos also said that the European Union will have [00:27:25] to look for some other models when it comes to Bosnia and Herzegovina [00:27:29] precisely because of this complicated arrangement. which we [00:27:33] talked about? It is difficult to find a new model because the methodology [00:27:37] of enlargement of the European Union has been clearly adopted by the institutions [00:27:40] of the European Union and the path of accession to the European Union is known. [00:27:44] It will not be that simple to individually isolate [00:27:47] someone and give a special standard [00:27:51] by which accession will take place in the future within the European Union. That [00:27:54] statement, I can comment on it by saying [00:27:58] that it is dual, meaning we remain committed to the European path, but it will not be [00:28:01] a priority. So, "if it is not a priority, then [00:28:03] really no one is on that European path, and [00:28:07] here we need to explicitly emphasize a [00:28:10] very important fact, no one here from the European [00:28:14] Commission is working to reduce the competencies [00:28:18] of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian entities, but the European [00:28:21] Commission is asking for a clear approach [00:28:25] of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the negotiation process. [00:28:28] This means that whoever is the main negotiator and negotiation [00:28:31] structures. First of all, a compromise agreement will have to be made [00:28:35] within the system, within Bosnia and [00:28:38] Herzegovina, a negotiating or coordination mechanism, [00:28:41] all that needs to be negotiated must be agreed upon, then with a unified stance, [00:28:45] go before the chief negotiator, the one that [00:28:49] the European Commission will determine. I don't think such [00:28:52] statements really contribute to any [00:28:55] improvement, but again, we cannot now [00:28:59] say in advance whether in the future [00:29:02] in the new, so coalition, all this regarding [00:29:05] blockades and this process will continue. You know, times are changing, [00:29:09] mhm, uh, we expect certain changes, [00:29:12] of course, uh, today we had [00:29:16] the results for the US Congress, where [00:29:18] the Democrats won [00:29:22] a majority in both houses, meaning in the Senate in the American [00:29:25] Congress, uh, that could be a prelude to the next presidential elections, [00:29:28] in two years, I'm saying that it will now... somehow reflect that the situation will change neither in Europe nor [00:29:32] to sad... nešto reflektirati da će se mijenjati situacija niti u Evropi niti [00:29:35] in the Western Balkans in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but [00:29:39] we certainly need to follow, first of all, our most important foreign policy [00:29:43] priorities and partners should be the European Union itself, the United [00:29:46] States of America, and then all, therefore countries with which we have [00:29:50] good, therefore, diplomatic bilateral cooperation. We [00:29:53] will certainly follow that, somehow everything changes from moment [00:29:57] to moment. Thank you very much for your time. Thank [00:30:00] you.