About refusing an ideological approach, I agree with you, dear Paolino. So, if you are aware, why do you continue to use the ideological approach according to which a political Union should include any State, no matter the crimes it is responsible of?My opinion is exactly that we should have a pragmatic approach to each case: id est - yes to Hungary or Norway or Poland since the human rights standards in these countries are acceptable, no to Serbia or Turkey or Russia untill the situation there will not be dramatically improved. Also, we could say: greatest honours to the Dalai Lama and to the nonviolent struggle of the Tibetan people, extremely critical and careful dialogue with the Chinese government that is responsible of the occupation and genocide in Tibet as well as of the bloodshed in Tien An Men square.
Is'nt this a just logical, and not an ideo-logical approach?
As for the idea of getting Bosnia into the European Union, that's another cup of tea. First of all, nobody thinks that this can actually be realized in a short time; then, the petition campaign about can have a positive effect provided that it remains an ecception; third, we have not to forget that Bosnia as a State is first of all a victim - of aggression, invasion, genocide -, and thus its government has more than one reason not to be able to completely respect the human rights standards in this moment (and nevertheless we are calling it to do).
Do you consider also Turkey (and Serbia, and Russia, or China itself) as "victims"?