nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230518-020242-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230517s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230518-020242-0 doi eng 342 23 Herenda, Tahir Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7631-6827 Political Pluralism and the Camel’s Back - The High Representative Unblocks the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Herenda, Tahir Verfassungsblog 2023-05-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 27 April, the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt has unblocked the appointment of the government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by overriding the veto of the largest Bosniak party, SDA. The party, currently in opposition, had blocked the appointment of the government. Schmidt's move could be a welcome breakthrough – the country has been ridden by abuses of ethnic vetoes ever since the Dayton Agreement. However, this specific imposition may have detrimental consequences for the future of political pluralism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and any parties which want to outgrow the existing ethnic division. CC BY-SA 4.0 Bonn Powers Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Pluralismus Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/political-pluralism-and-the-camels-back/ raw object