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.
During her visit to the country, Commission President von der Leyen announced the start of talks on a new security and defense agreement, independent of the U.S. and NATO.
PM Giorgia Meloni confirmed to reporters as she marked the anniversary that she would go to the polls in the June 8th referendum on citizenship, but she would not pick up the ballot.
Over 92% of voters rejected the left-wing government’s latest power grab that would have elevated progressive ‘art’ above the country’s cultural legacy.
