Evaluation Note / Erhan Türbedar Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its Way to 2010  

The year 2009 is a year lost for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The right to a visa-free entry to the European Union granted to citizens of Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, wasn’t granted to those of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to the lack of necessary advances in reforms, Bosnia and Herzegovina hasn’t been presented with the NATO Membership Action Plan. Because the Butmir talks begun in October 2009 have come to a deadlock, the much needed changes in the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina couldn’t be carried out. With 2010 as an election year, the nationalist movement is expected to gain more strength in the country within the upcoming months.