Police restructuring

PRC Chair Wilfred Martens denies BiH police experts' claims that stronger political control over police will be imposed through Police Board. Participants at the Vlasic meeting agreed that this Board's tasks would be budget planning for the police and participation in appointment of management. For people from the police this is enough to be worri [...]

The representatives of BiH’s main political parties will meet today to continue the talks that began so promisingly at Vlasic two weeks ago. If these talks succeed, then one of the handful of remaining obstacles will be removed and BiH – as early as this month! – could receive the green light to begin Stabilization and Association Agreement negotia [...]

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Affairs, Javier Solana, is a well known friend of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This politician with remarkable working experience gained in his homeland, Spain and in NATO and EU structures is an expert in the reform process which BiH must undertake in order to move closer to Euro-Atlantic structures.

I am pleased with the constructive meeting we had today with parliamentarian representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Reports from the press that the SDS main board is going back on the agreement made by their own negotiators at meetings at Mount Vlasic on police restructuring are disturbing. If true, the consequences would be disastrous for the RS and for BiH as a whole. It would mean that the SDS has decided to destroy its chances of moving forward to modern Eu [...]

Leaders (authorized representatives) of eleven political parties met in Vlašić at the invitation of the High Representative aimed at finding a solution for police restructuring arrangements in BiH in order to open negotiations on BiH’s Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU.

This week, the leaders of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) political parties took a major step towards providing BiH with a modern police service that will fight crime and serve citizens. The agreement on police restructuring reached at Vlasic also represents a major step towards fulfilling the requirements laid out in the EC Feasibility Study.

I am very pleased that the political leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina was able to reach important agreement on police reform. It is very encouraging that the present solutions are in conformity with the European Union principles. Politics is about finding practical solutions to difficult issues and the BiH politicians have shown that they are w [...]

The negotiations among the leaders of eleven Parliamentary parties in BiH on Police reform continued on Vlasic today. The second day's discussions focused on how Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future police structure might function.

The negotiations among the leaders of eleven Parliamentary parties in BiH on Police reform began on Vlasic this morning. Michael Humphreys, Head of the European Commission delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, presented the three EU principles for Police reform to the participants.