EU Nations Mull Options to Rein In Separatist Leader in Bosnia

France and Germany have drafted a set of options to financially and politically isolate, including with sanctions, officials in Bosnia’s Serb-majority region whose bid to secede has plunged the Balkan country into crisis, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.

The key target is President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, who’s attempted to claim further autonomy and possibly independence for the Serb-majority half of the country, recently banning Bosnia’s federal institutions in the territory. The goal of the proposed measures is to compel Dodik to abandon those policies, the document read.

Milorad Dodik

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The letter, which was circulated among ...