croatia eu accession negotiations officially reopened
News Posted On: 06 October 2009
Friday saw speculation become reality as the EU and Croatia sat down and closed the 6 open chapters of its EU accession negotiations, and opened the next five.
"This means we have entered the final phase of our negotiations to become an EU member," Croatian Prime Minister, Jadranka Kosor, told reporters while visiting the northern Adriatic island of Krk.
The progress also gave Croatian leaders renewed optimism that the talks would be concluded by July next year, although the EU has said that Croatia still has a lot of work to do. EU accession adds thousands onto property values, especially as inspection
Before the talks can conclude Croatia must have coperated fully with the war crimes tribunal over the former Yugoslav war. The country also needs to improve its record on corruption.
The deal clincher may well be whether or not they can agree to a resolution of the border row with Croatia. A core requirement for EU members is that they have good relations with all their neighbours.
The Slovenian and Croatian foreign ministers, Samuel Zbogar and Gordan Jandrokovic, were due to discuss setting up an arbitration tribunal to oversee final settlement of the border dispute.
"I expect good talks and important steps forward to be made," Jandrokovic told reporters. Asked whether the two sides could initial an arbitration deal, he replied:
"We are continuing talks in good faith and I am sure there will be important steps forward."
The row with Slovenia, which is an EU member (only 1 from former Yugoslav) is what has led to Croatia's accession talks being stalled since last year.
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