Čović in Zagreb with Plenković: Election Law Again Placed First, Calls Priority Laws 'Others'?!

(Patria) - Dragan Čović, President of HDZ, met today with Croatian Prime Minister
Andrej Plenković. Čović traveled to Zagreb, from where he once again uttered the old mantra regarding BiH's path to the EU, emphasizing BiH's Election Law as the main condition for BiH's path to the EU, which does not correspond to reality at all.

"In Zagreb, we spoke about bilateral relations, current political situations, and BiH's European path. The Election Law and the remaining reform prerequisites urgently needed for stabilization and progress. Opening negotiations is key for the EU and BiH," Čović wrote on X.

S 🇭🇷 premijerom @AndrejPlenkovic u Zagrebu, gdje smo govorili o bilateralnim odnosima, aktualnim političkim prilikama i europskom putu 🇧🇦. Izborni zakon i preostali reformski preduvjeti žurno potrebni za stabilizaciju i napredak. Otvaranje pregovora ključno je za 🇪🇺 #BiH. pic.twitter.com/tpr02fHC9g

— Dragan Čović (@Dragan_Covic) February 23, 2024

For Dragan Čović, the Election Law is the priority of all priorities, he places it first, and calls the other important reform laws 'others', not wanting to specify what he is referring to.

And he persistently does so, while the Troika tries to balance, and Europe tries to save BiH by reducing the list of priorities. However, BiH's Election Law is not on any list, but Čović does not participate in the drafting of other priority laws without these amendments.

Progress in reforms, specifically, laws on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, on conflict of interest, and on the judiciary are expected. This was recently emphasized by Angelina Eichhorst, Director-General for Europe at the European External Action Service (EEAS), but Čović clearly shows from Zagreb that nothing other than the Election Law interests him.