Speeches
06/16/2011
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At a Panel Discussion on the European Perspective of the Balkans
The priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is to form a coalition government urgently that can tackle the economic crisis and get the country back on the road to Europe.
06/15/2011
Opening Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko at Plenary Session, Citizens for Europe
I will speak only briefly because the emphasis at meetings of Citizens for Europe is on what citizens have to say and recommend to the authorities, and on what the authorities, in turn, promise to deliver to citizens. However, I would like to stress at the beginning of today’s discussion that agriculture and rural development constitute a sector wh [...]
06/06/2011
Remarks by HR and EUSR Valentin Inzko at a Conference Organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies and the BiH Foreign Policy Initiative on the Integration of Balkan Countries in the European Union by 2030
I particularly wanted to participate in this conference because the main themes – including identity, civil society and the challenges of uneven economic development in the region – are crucial for taking the Western Balkans into the European Union, and also for resolving some of the major difficulties that Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently exper [...]
06/03/2011
Opening Remarks by HR and EUSR Valentin Inzko at the Inaugural Session of “Generation BiH for Europe”
First of all, thank you for agreeing to participate in this two-day conference. I believe that the discussions that will take place here and the proposals that are formulated can generate radical change in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
05/10/2011
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko at the United States Institute for Peace
Our discussion today is timely because Bosnia and Herzegovina currently faces one of the most serious crises since the end of the war in 1995, in which the fundamentals of the state and its constitutional order are at stake. Seven months after the general elections, a coalition of parties in the BiH Parliament has yet to emerge to form a state-leve [...]
05/09/2011
Speech by High Representative Valentin InzkoTo the UN Security Council
Thank you for giving me the opportunity today to present my fifth report as High Representative and the 39th report altogether
05/02/2011
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko“Bosnia and Herzegovina between Dayton & Europe: Current & Future Challenges”French Institute for International Relations
Let me begin by thanking the French Institute for International Affairs for providing a forum for today’s dialogue.
04/07/2011
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At the Third Session of the 2011 Parliament for Europe
We are meeting at a time when the focus of attention in BiH politics is moving towards the formation of state-level authorities. That this is happening more than half a year after the general election is clearly unsatisfactory – as most citizens will agree.
03/07/2011
Remarks by EU Special Representative Valentin InzkoAt the opening of the 2nd Session of the 2011 Parliament for Europe On Public Administration Reform
Let me begin by welcoming Ms Semiha Borovac, who has taken over as the State Coordinator for Public Administration Reform since the Parliament for Europe last discussed this key component of the European integration agenda.
03/04/2011
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At a Meeting of the European People’s Party Panel on ‘EU Responsibilities in Region’
I believe we are seeing a coalescence of opinion among policymakers – in Brussels, in EU member states and in the region – on how to make the EU’s political and financial investment in Southeast Europe as effective and beneficial as possible.