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He said Bosnian politics maintains a constant hysteria and hostility towards the other two constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The idea of a ‘civilized state’ was bred in large part from the West, and they can’t believe that the West didn’t support them at one point,” Sokol said, adding that it was shocking to them. They believe that more time is needed to cure the collective psychosis, which is important for dialogue and reaching an agreement.
He said that Bosniaks started lobbying in the European Parliament earlier than Croats. “Bosnian unificationist political forces invested a lot in lobbying, they used the diaspora, that is, people living in the West. They used the image of victims very well and abused it to some extent in the critical period after the war and in the early 2000s, when Croatia also acted against Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Mesić and Racan period. Let’s say there were five zeros. However, with the coming to power of Andrej Plenkovic, this changed and the differences narrowed,” he stressed.
He explained that at the time Bosnian politics took priority, but in the European Parliament Croatia was seen supporting Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Croatia was a key factor in opening accession talks between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU, and we worked hard to open the talks. The European perspective was the best for Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Sokol said, adding that Serbs looked at Serbia and Russia, Bosniaks looked at Turkey and the Arab world, and partly at Iran, while Croats looked at Europe.
“Croatian politics uses the tools it has in European institutions to represent Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the European Parliament, there are ideological differences and sometimes ethnic differences about which political group someone comes from. The center-right and countries that are culturally and geographically close to us understand the complexity of Bosnia and Herzegovina the best. When you explain what is happening, people can understand, but it is a process and it takes time.”
Sokol explained that the Greens, the left-wing political force, will be more oriented towards “Probosnika” partly because of good lobbying, PR, etc., and partly for ideological reasons. “When they hear the clichés of unity, citizenship, non-nationality and similar things coming out of Sarajevo and use them to cover their own hegemony, they don’t understand a lot of things. This sounds very good to the extreme left, because for them, everything national is terrible, backward, primitive, and they are against it from the beginning. So there are misunderstandings for ideological reasons.”
He stressed that without the Americans, no important decisions could be made in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The key factor is the United States. Croatian activities in the European Parliament helped to change the attitude of Western powers (mainly the United States) towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. Seeing that the Croats are a key factor in the stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The solution for Bosnia and Herzegovina is federalism and association.”
Sokol said Croatia’s importance has increased due to its positioning as an energy hub and the construction of the Southern Gas Interconnector. Asked why BH Gas was the first choice for the project, Sokol said Croatia’s support for HNS’s point of view was very important. “I believe that a solution will be found, because the whole story is about creating a new direction for gas supplies so that Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer so dependent on Serbia and Russia. A solution will be found that is strong enough that the Croatians cannot be bypassed,” Sokol said, adding that joint action must be taken.
When asked, as a doctor of European jurisprudence, whether the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, in which Judge Faris Vyhabović participated, was tainted by the fact that Judge Faris Vyhabović was found to be an open Bosniak lobbyist, he said that this was not good for the reputation of the Court, as it did not point out the proper standards of the rule of law.
“These judgments are being abused by the monotheists in Sarajevo, who try to give them a meaning that they do not have, but this does not mean that Croats cannot elect their legitimate representatives. In Neum, the NSA proposed a solution that is in line with these judgments,” Sokol said, adding that these judgments should not be taken seriously when one person, one voice speaks out from Sarajevo. “The monotheists in Sarajevo want to use this as their club to beat the Croats.”
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