EC proposes Croatian EU entry in July 2013

se times
10/06/2011
Croatia is set to become the second former Yugoslav republic to join the EU
(European Commission, AFP, DPA, AP, BBC, Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg - 10/06/11; AFP, European Voice - 09/06/11)

Croatia has met the requirements for closing the last four chapters in its EU entry talks, the European Commission (EC) said on Friday (June 10th), proposing July 1, 2013 as an indicative date for the Balkan country's admission into the EU as its 28th member.

"Today is a historic day for Croatia and for the EU," EC President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a statement, praising the Zagreb authorities and "the current government" in particular for their "hard work" towards achieving that goal....more....

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