Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023

Tabled by Reinhard Bütikofer

… rulings of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina; Added: denounces the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the Republika Srpska (RS) entity, including the celebration of the unconstitutional ‘RS Day’ on 9 January 2024; reiterates its call for targeted sanctions against destabilising actors within Bosnia and Herzegovina, notably Milorad Removed: Dodik; Added: Dodik, as well as other high-ranking officials of RS and Serbian officials providing political and material support for secessionist policies; calls on all Member States to ensure that such sanctions can be adopted by the Council and to impose them bilaterally or in concert with other Member States if their adoption in the Council is not possible; welcomes the agreement reached to extend the mandate of the EU Force … a pivotal role in the security and stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Added: urges the EU’s military mission to actively prevent unlawful parades and other provocations as well as threats against everyone working to help the victims of genocide and investing in inter-ethnic reconciliation and a peaceful future for the country;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE756.724