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MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND REGIONAL POLICY OF SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH SPECIAL ACCENT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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Mladen Bodiroža
Mladen Bodiroža

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After the collapse of the socialist system in early 1990s, the demolition of the Berlin Wall, secession of Soviet Union and the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, the European Union primary interest was to transform the South-Eastern Europe or so-called "space of political and social stability and economic prosperity." But, big differences among countries of South-Eastern Europe- ethnic, political, cultural, religious, linguistic, demographic, and economic, as well as the reasons for potential conflicts, including unresolved territorial or national minority issues, economic regression of unstable and undemocratic political systems, insufficient developed structures and regional cooperation, have resulted not only in intolerance but this problem has became insoluble in terms of access, and peaceful conflict resolution and confidence building measures. Treating the region as a whole is very difficult and it is the task of the European Union. That was the main reason why the European Union has concentrated its efforts on establishing bilateral relations with all countries of the region. Since the objectives of EU policy have matched the expectations of the population that region of South-Eastern Europe or the Western Balkans will be aimed towards europeanization, integration into Europe, so it has became the recommendation, support, and motivation for all of them, especially for Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular a number of reasons.

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