Need a Dayton refresher? Watch the film Looking for Dayton….
The ruling by @ECHR_CEDH in the Kovačević v. #BiH case is, to repurpose a quote by then-VP Biden, a “big fucking deal”: it challenges central elements of the Dayton structure and business model of #Bosnia and Herzegovina politics.
DPC’s latest blog explains why the deal that HiRep Schmidt is considering imposing is bad in terms of substance and process, will have implications beyond BiH, and is another sign of the reduction in democratic self-confidence in the EU and US.
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