04/12/2025 (Agence Europe) – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s reform plan was endorsed by the Commission on Thursday 4 December, four months after it was received. This was the first step towards the release of funds under the Growth Plan for the Balkans. According to the Commission, the reforms presented match the Union’s expectations, in particular by defining priority reforms for the green and digital transition, development of the private sector and strengthening fundamental rights and the rule of law. However, the country still lacks a chief negotiator to lead the accession talks and the necessary reforms (see EUROPE 13730/19) and is also beset by internal unrest and a constitutional crisis, due to the separatist ambitions of the Bosnian Serb entity and its leader, Milorad Dodik, who rejects the authority of the Bosnian Constitutional Court (see EUROPE 13604/12). (IS)