President of Croatia Milanović: Croatia must block Finland’s and Sweden‘s Nato application until election law is changed in Bosnia

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  2. „Milanovic said that the entry of Finland and Sweden into Nato is “very dangerous charlatanry” and brought it into the context of the Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He stated that Croatia should make the law change in BiH a condition to NATO and the EU.

    “Until the Americans, the British, the Germans do not force Sarajevans and Bakir Izetbegovic, whose policy is not conducted from Brussels but from elsewhere, to change the Election Law now and not give Croats fundamental rights, the Croatian Parliament must not ratify anyone’s accession to NATO.
    Without ratification of the present agreement, there are no new NATO members. What is our role here? I see it as a historic chance. Now, people who otherwise don’t hear about it will hear about it. The American president or secretary will hear that. Let’s see what they can do for Croatia. That’s enough.“

  4. Lol unbelieveable how an organization like EU almost with 500 million population and 20trillion economy could be taken a hostage from a country like Croatia with 4 million population with 13 billion dollar economy. Who will take serious the organization like that. That is what happens when you force enlargement just because economic reasons

  6. Can’t say I don’t agree, we are near the top of countries supporting Ukraine when counting funds donated per % op GDP, even near the top when it comes to volunteer fighters.

    The Russian politicians are threatening us with everything you can think of pretty much daily at this point.

    However our pleas for some European countries (Germany/Holland/Belgium/England) to finally start respecting the Dayton peace accords have been completely ignored and our people in Bosnia have been completely politically marginalised by the OHR. It appears playing nice and being they loyal lapdog of Western powers has gotten us absolutely nowhere.

  8. Yeah. So I guess I was right that Croatia still isn’t in the big leagues. Split can take a walk. What a farce.

  10. As he himself put it: Romania and Bulgaria haven’t been made part of Schengen, NorMac and Albania haven’t been made part of the EU (in case of NorMac they even changed their own name in pursuit of their Euro-Atlantic integration), but when Finland and Sweden want to join NATO it should happen instantly?

    I am all for NATO expanding, but come on, is his stance any worse than when Macron was openly against EU expansion? Milanović is a bothersome fool at times (most of the time really), but he has been consistent against double standards, like refusing to sign his support for Ukraine’s candidacy unless the same be given to B&H who deserves it more anyhow.

    Milanović himself has always been rather pro-Nordic and anti-Orban, so don’t conflate the two. Croatia is as part a NATO and EU as Germany is, and has and always will have the same say.

    The plight of Croats in B&H is real, and being EU citizens for the most part, Croats deserve help and fairness in the face of Muslim hegemony and cryptofascism, which Green MEPs most of all seems to unironically support.

  11. This is the type of apsurd petty behaviour that can only come from the Balkans. Like what the fuck is connection between Swedish and Finnish NATO membership and Bosnian election law.

  12. Wow, kind of hypocritical of Croatia after we let them in despite them not meeting our requirements.

  13. I warned people about voting for him. They didn’t listen. Unlike many others in Croatia who are surprised by his unhinged and provocative statements, to me they were very much expected. Some people think it’s funny to have a clown and thug as president, but it’s really harming Croatia’s reputation.

  14. President of Croatia: We will stop Sweden and Finland joining NATO!

    Sweden and Finland: We don‘t even know who you are.

  17. If this really ends up delaying Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO application, I’m gonna be mad. But until then it is imho just trying to get more European attention to the Western Balkans, which I would argue is a good thing.

  18. As much as this little dog is barking.. it is not the prime minister, only the president, which is a total different function and is not part of the government.

    President is a formal title, without any real power. They do not decide anything. I don’t believe people of Croatia support this or Putin, especially since Serbia is reluctant on cutting ties with Russia.

    I am no expert tho, might be wrong. But as far as I know, Croatia really wants stronger ties with the EU and enter the Schengen, so this guy probably just shot himself in the foot.

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