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Slovenians in BiH will not be able to vote in the European elections

by AI | 04.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Citizens of Slovenia, Poland, and Romania will not be able to vote in the European elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday. Slovenia has therefore summoned the temporary charge d’affaires of BiH in Slovenia for a discussion.

President of the Republic of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar and Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Ljubljana/Sarajevo – The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to opposition from Serbian ministers, did not give consent for the European Parliament elections to be held at the embassies of Slovenia, Poland, and Romania in BiH. In Ljubljana, this decision was deemed unacceptable and the temporary chargé d’affaires of BiH in Slovenia was summoned for talks.

The BiH Council of Ministers already rejected the proposal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the first vote last week, to accept the diplomatic notes from the embassies of Slovenia, Poland, and Romania and to give consent for the organization of voting at these embassies for their citizens. Despite additional consultations, at the vote on Monday, the government again failed to achieve consensus that would allow citizens of the three EU member states to vote in the European elections.

The Council of Ministers did not support the proposal in the first vote because the ministers from the Republika Srpska opposed it due to these countries supporting the UN resolution on genocide in Srebrenica.

The blockade of voting for the citizens of Slovenia, Poland, and Romania in BiH in the European elections is unacceptable, said Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar and Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon. Pirc Musar warned that such moves further hinder the European progress of this Western Balkan country, which Slovenia actively supports on its path to the EU.

The Foreign Minister announced that today the ministry summoned the temporary chargé d’affaires of BiH in Slovenia for talks and expressed a protest.