Bosnia-Herzegovina

Since the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) was signed in 1995, nationalistic parties have dominated the political scene in BosniaHerzegovina. The local elections held in 2016 and the general elections of 2018 show these tendencies. The outcomes of these elections show no real shift, especially as there is a tendency to vote along ethnic lines and for nationalistic parties. The situation in the country is not very stable, however: Serbs and Croats are working together towards further federalisation of the country. The third ethnic group, Bosniaks, are heavily opposed to this initiative. With regards to the EU integration, Bosnia-Herzegovina is lagging behind other countries in the Western Balkans, because it is unable to implement the requested reforms. Under the current constitution, established in the DPA, the decision-making process follows ethnic lines. This causes a complex system of national and entity-level decision making, making it very hard to find consensus needed to work on further EU integration.