Editing Bosnia and Herzegovina (section)

===Recent history===
{{Main|2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Bosnian social protests Tuzla.jpg|thumb|[[Tuzla]] government building burning after [[2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina|anti-government clashes]] on 7 February 2014]]

On 4 February 2014, the [[2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina|protests]] against the [[Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]], one of the country's two entities, dubbed the Bosnian Spring, the name being taken from the [[Arab Spring]], began in the northern town of [[Tuzla]]. Workers from several factories that had been privatised and gone bankrupt assembled to demand action over jobs, unpaid salaries and pensions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26093160|title=Bosnian protests: A Balkan Spring?|date=8 February 2014|work=BBC|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209034452/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26093160|archive-date=9 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon protests spread to the rest of the Federation, with violent clashes reported in close to 20 towns, the biggest of which were [[Sarajevo]], [[Zenica]], [[Mostar]], [[Bihać]], [[Brčko]] and Tuzla.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klix.ba/gradjanski-bunt |title=Građanski bunt u BiH |date=8 February 2014 |work=klix.ba |access-date=8 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207102210/http://www.klix.ba/gradjanski-bunt |archive-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> The Bosnian news media reported that hundreds of people had been injured during the protests, including dozens of police officers, with bursts of violence in Sarajevo, in the northern city of Tuzla, in Mostar in the south, and in Zenica in central Bosnia. The same level of unrest or activism did not occur in Republika Srpska, but hundreds of people also gathered in support of protests in the city of [[Banja Luka]] against its separate government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/world/europe/protests-over-government-and-economy-roil-bosnia.html|title=Protests Over Government and Economy Roil Bosnia|date=8 February 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=8 February 2014|first=Dan|last=Bilefsky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208020056/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/world/europe/protests-over-government-and-economy-roil-bosnia.html|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-demonstrations-tuzla-clashes/25256653.html|title=Bosnian Protesters Torch Government Buildings in Sarajevo, Tuzla|date=8 February 2014|work=rferl.org|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208020133/http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia-demonstrations-tuzla-clashes/25256653.html|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26086857|title=Bosnia–Hercegovina protests break out in violence|date=8 February 2014|work=BBC|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207234045/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26086857|archive-date=7 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

The protests marked the largest outbreak of public anger over high unemployment and two decades of political inertia in the country since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/bosnian-protesters-storm-government-buildings-20140208-hvbn6.html|title=Bosnian protesters storm government buildings|date=8 February 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617202302/http://www.smh.com.au/world/bosnian-protesters-storm-government-buildings-20140208-hvbn6.html|archive-date=17 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a report made by [[Christian Schmidt]] of the [[High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina|Office of High Representative]] in late 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been experiencing intensified political and ethnic tensions, which could potentially break the country apart and slide it back into war once again.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-22|title=Bosnian Serb police drill seen as separatist 'provocation'|url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-sarajevo-90c9d5a395026947ec7383bc2a49b649|access-date=2021-11-02|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102152723/https://apnews.com/article/europe-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-sarajevo-90c9d5a395026947ec7383bc2a49b649|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-02|title=Bosnia is in danger of breaking up, warns top international official|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/bosnia-is-in-danger-of-breaking-up-warns-eus-top-official-in-the-state|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102053853/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/bosnia-is-in-danger-of-breaking-up-warns-eus-top-official-in-the-state|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[European Union]] fears this will lead to further [[Balkanization]] in the region.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-03|title=Bosnian leader stokes fears of Balkan breakup|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59130945|access-date=2021-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103053808/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59130945|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 December 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina was recognised by the European Union as a candidate country for [[Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union|accession]] following the decision of the [[European Council]].<ref name="sarajevotimes">{{Cite web |title='Huge, historic move': EU grants Bosnia and Herzegovina Candidate Status |url= https://sarajevotimes.com/huge-historic-move-eu-grants-bosnia-and-herzegovina-candidate-status/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |work=Sarajevo Times|date=15 December 2022 }}</ref>