Electing Bećirović enhances Bosnia's EU ambitions

In Bosnia, social democrat Denis Bećirović (SDP) took a demanding victory at the 2 October polls to become President of the Bosniak entity in the country. Despite the fact that not much seems to change in Bosnia and Herzegovina's domestic politics due to other results in the complex electoral system, the choice of Bećirović was a pleasing outcome for anyone who supports Bosnian EU ambitions. The social democratic candidate defeated Bosniak nationalist Izetbegović.

An analysis of the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity