nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/813fff3b0fd10e60 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240411s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/813fff3b0fd10e60 doi eng 342 23 Sahadžić, Maja Author aut The High Representative Strikes Again - Schmidt is Schmidting Sahadžić, Maja Verfassungsblog 2024-04-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In March 2024, the High Representative (HR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Christian Schmidt, once again used his “Bonn powers” under the Dayton Peace Agreement which, inter alia, enable him to impose substantial legislation. After a dark warning, he enacted a new package of reforms concerning the electoral process. While these reforms reflect the necessary and desirable changes in the process of the EU accession, concurrently resolving a political stalemate, this schmidtian mode also creates further political cleavages. Nevertheless, arguably a “Smith” has found a fairly clever way forward. CC BY-SA 4.0 BiH Bosnien und Hercegovina Christian Schmidt Electoral Reform High Representative Schmidt Christian (DE-588)5120027-2 gnd Bosnien und Hercegovina (DE-588)1126273457 gnd Schmidt Christian Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-hr-strikes-again/ raw object