In an interview run in the Banja Luka-based "Nezavisne novine" daily on Thursday, Schwarz-Schilling said that Dodik was doubtlessly an able politician, but that he was also "playing with fire" because of his failure to appropriately respond to warnings he was being given.
Stating examples of Dodik's inappropriate behaviour, Schwarz-Schilling mentioned his recent decision to deny reporters of the national BHT1 broadcasting network access to officials of the Bosnian Serb government.
The High Representative added that Dodik's actions were also harmful for the position of the country's two entities because they gave other politicians reason to state that entities were a bad thing for the country.