2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 3.2 million, became independent from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992, following a referendum that was boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The country was offered an EU membership perspective at the EU–Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki in 2003. Building on the European Commission's recommendation of 12 March 2024, the European Council decided on 21 March to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted its report on the European Commission's 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 June 2025. A debate and vote on the report are due to be held in plenary in July.