Željka Cvijanović stated that the European Union, if it consistently adhered to its own legal framework and proclaimed principles, would never support a situation in which laws in another country are imposed by a foreign individual who has never received votes from that country’s citizens.
She emphasized that the Dayton Peace Agreement never envisaged such a possibility, nor the existence of the Peace Implementation Council, and especially not the application of the so-called “Bonn powers.”
“We expect to hear from Europeans that the decision-making process must be returned to domestic institutions, rather than advocating the continuation of a form of colonial administration,” Cvijanović wrote on the social network X.
She added that it would be logical for European officials to state that laws imposed unilaterally, bypassing parliamentary procedures, cannot be considered part of the legal system of a state that aspires to be democratic, noting that such a position has not been heard.
Cvijanović concluded that the departure of Christian Schmidt is important, but expressed skepticism that Europeans would know how to turn that development to their advantage, adding that his departure alone is insufficient to address what she described as a “damaged political environment” in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Source: RTRS
