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ALBANIA CROATIA: Euroscepticism growing while (maybe) SLIDE EU membership

di Marina Szikora (*)
Nuove difficolta' nella percezione della conclusione del processo di integrazione europea della Croazia. Va sottolienato che la tanto attesa adesione di Zagabria all'Ue era prospettata ancora nel 2007, poi nel 2009 per rimandare le previsioni realistiche al 2012 o 2013. Adesso siamo testimoni di un altro tipo di evaluations of this long journey of Croatia to Europe. This led to the latest statements by the EP rapporteur for Croatia, Hannes Swoboda, Austrian. The EP Foreign Affairs Committee approved on Wednesday 'the last report that says the more' positive frinora and should be the last on the progress of Croatia. This report approved the Foreign Relations Committee, will be found 'in the lobby of Parliament over this month. In conclusion of the debate and the presentation of numerous amendments, Swoboda said that Croatia could join the EU between January 1, 2013 and January 1, 2014. The Croatian media have been interpreted these statements as a further postponement of accession and the shift to another years, that 'in 2014.

Following these reactions, the Austrian MEP has made clear that I value his comments about a possible agenda of the next steps. If Zagreb manages' to conclude negotiations by June, during the presidency ugherese and sign the Accession Treaty in the autumn, if the EP will give 'consent in October, and after that will be held in Croatia' to the referendum on Only then can 'begin the process of ratification in each member country of the EU. This process of ratification, according to the experience, but could last 12 in the worst cases even 24 months. Recently, the eurocommissario enlargement Feule Stefan said that the ratification process could Elongation at 18 months. E 'perspectives on these Swoboda said it would be a Guinness record of whether Croatia will enter' the EU January 1, 2013. More 'real, he said, would be the scenario that Croatia will become' a full member in early 2014 and in June of that year to participate in the forthcoming European elections. There 'to say that unlike the findings of the Social Democrat Hannes Swoboda, Bernd Posselt of the largest European political party, the EPP continues to talk about that Zagreb will register' to the EU in late 2012. This, says Posselt, it may be possible if there will be 'the will' policy of member countries to speed up the ratification process. But there are many unknowns with regard to individual member countries. Sara 'important, for instance, if Belgium will have' a government soon because 'we know that in Belgium the ratification process traditionally takes a long time' cause there are seven parliaments, the newspaper said in Zagreb 'Vjesnik' and adds that the problem may altrattanto be the Netherlands where the government and 'controlled by the party that does not favor the enlargement of the EU. To add to the current weakness of the Slovenian Government. Finally, it can 'always happen that even some other countries, due to internal problems, warns Vjesnik, might show its "muscles" in terms of foreign policy and Croatia in which case it would be a victim Collateral.

Whatever happens, one on which Zagreb has concetrarsi now, and 'the conclusion of the negotiations and close the remaining seven chapters. In praticolare must comply with the measures relating to justice and fundamental rights chapter as well as' market competition. It will not be 'easy, already' there is, to mobilize all the forces that will have a duty to inform and convince the Croatian citizens, more and more 'Eurosceptic precisely because of this very long journey, which join the EU and' indispensable to the future and the wellbeing of the country and what are the qualities that this input port to Croatian citizens. The coming weeks and months will be very tiring, and certainly very interesting thesis. Croatia has 'real chance' to conclude the negotiations with the EU in June 2011, "said agency Austrian APA print the Austrian representative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch which states that the signs are very positive. Petritsch admits that we do not know what will be the foreign factors that may lengthen the negotiations but added that the impression that the government in Zagreb is committed on the issue very seriously. The Austrian representative does not believe that the case of former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who is in jail in Austria, could affect Croatia's accession into the EU. As for corruption, Petritsch said that you are doing something concrete, mainly due to the strengthening of relations between the EU and Croatia. Also assessed in some countries, particularly in Holland, there are doubts on the further enlargement of the EU. In Croatia there will be no exceptions, Petritsch said, adding that Austria should continue to support the process of European integration in the accession of Croatia and 'an important step.

The news coming from Europe, in particular the statements of the EP rapporteur for Croatia Hannes Swoboda, were rated differently by the Croatian leadership. For the Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and 'important to the great Austrian rapporteur's report and the fact that Zagreb has the chance' to conclude negotiations by June. That 's a great news and corresponds to the expectations of Government, said Jadranka Kosor. According to the Kosor ratification process will be 'accelerated since', as he says, everyone in the European Commission and all the weights States decided that Croatia will be 'the 28-th EU country. Different, 'but the comment of the President of Croatia, Ivo Josipovic which has been said unpleasantly surprised. The President Josipović admitted that the declaration of Swoboda took him by surprise because it 's desire of all the Croats to get to the more' Union soon. Josipović and said 'realistic to expect that the Government conclude negotiations in June and that integration and' possible in 2013. He added, however, 'that everything depends on Croatia and its ability' to meet the necessary criteria.
(*) corresponding to Radical Radio. The text is a transcript of the correspondence to the episode of South East Passage aired February 1

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