President Milorad Dodik, whose removal by Bosnian authorities remains contested, does not view the Central Election Commission as legitimate and has vowed to resist central institutions and said he will stage referendums.
Strasbourg judges reject an appeal from France’s top opposition leader, upholding a sentence that will sideline her from standing in the 2027 presidential elections.
In individual votes, the current President is still on top, but in a presidential runoff, he is projected to lose to former army commander Valery Zaluzhnyi.
