SDA, Džaferović, Komšić: Croatia Defeated In EP Regarding Ethnic Divisions

At a plenary on Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a report on BiH, rejecting amendments by Croatian MEPs on the rights of constituent peoples, which the European People’s Party supported but not the Liberals, the Left, and the Greens.

“The rejection of the amendment by the parliamentarians from Croatia and ultra-right European parties, which asked of BiH to additionally deepen discrimination in the election process… is a clear message as to which direction future reforms of the Constitution and electoral legislation in BiH should take,” the SDA said in a press release.

Komšić called the result of the vote in Brussels a clear message to Zagreb.

“That was as expected given the fact that the allegedly legitimate representation of the constituent peoples has no basis in European Court of Human Rights rulings. That’s a message Zagreb should take note of well because it’s clear now that the ethnic concept they are forcing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not acceptable to the EU,” he said.

Džaferović said Croatia’s idea to introduce “the rhetoric of ethnic divisions” in the EP resolution was rejected.

“After NATO’s refusal at the past summit to include similar formulations in its declaration, this is the second important message after which Zagreb should… start changing its policy on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Any attempt by Zagreb to impose solutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina will fail and an unnecessary decline of Croatia’s reputation,” he said.

Džaferović said BiH should reform its Constitution and electoral legislation based on ECHR rulings and European Commission recommendations to eliminate discrimination and ensure equality for all its citizens across the country.

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