{"id":7540,"date":"2019-01-18T08:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T08:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2019-01-29T08:43:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T08:43:18","slug":"round-table-discussion-cristian-dan-preda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/en\/round-table-discussion-cristian-dan-preda\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Table Discussion: &#8220;The Current State of the European Integration Process of Bosnia and Herzegovina&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7539 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0118-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0118-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0118-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eu-monitoring.ba\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC_0118-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to BiH, Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH organized a round table discussion on the topic &#8220;<strong>The Current State of the European Integration Process of Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong>&#8220;. The round table discussion was held on January 11 at EU Delegation to BiH premises. The key speakers where: Khaldoun Sinno, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to BiH; Cristian Dan Preda, Member of the European Parliament and Standing Rapporteur for Bosnia and Herzegovina; Nikola Lovrinovi\u0107, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH and Chair of the Joint Committee on European Integration in 2014-2018 convocation; and Tijana Cvjeti\u0107anin on behalf of the Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BiH.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening of the round table discussion, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to BiH, Khaldoun Sinno, pointed out that regardless of the complexity of a country, any country that wants to join the European Union must be able to cooperate coherently and coordinated with the EU. He added that <strong>the rule of law is a key issue<\/strong> that Bosnia and Herzegovina will have to deal with in the continuation of the EU integration process.<\/p>\n<p>The Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC) was discussed at the round table, and it was pointed out that the fact that the <strong>Parliamentary Committee did not adopt the Rules of Procedure after three years<\/strong> is considered as a violation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement. Without the Rules of Procedure, the Parliamentary Committee was unable to arrange meetings and work.<\/p>\n<p>Another topic discussed was how much is the voice of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Brussels being heard. It is problematic that <strong>Bosnia and Herzegovina has not yet appointed the Head of Mission to the European Union<\/strong>, while EU has the largest delegation in the world stationed in BiH. This is one of the reasons why EU officials in Brussels cannot achieve adequate communication with BiH institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament&#8217;s Resolution on BiH was also a discussed topic, since the Resolution was not set on the agenda of the European Parliament&#8217;s\u00a0plenary session due to the failure of the SAPC. The key messages of the Resolution will be that there is an <strong>increasing political division on ethnic lines<\/strong> in BiH, that there must be and end to the <strong>glorification of<\/strong> <strong>convicted war criminals<\/strong> by officials, and that BiH must decide between accepting the <strong>influence of foreign powers<\/strong> and partnership with the EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to BiH, Initiative for Monitoring of the European Integration of BiH organized a round table discussion on the topic &#8220;The current state of the process of European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina&#8221;. 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