Samo prijavljeni korisnici mogu pregledati cijeli sadržaj.
HR-UNION-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4922HINA Zagreb, 13 April 2003CROATIA'S APPLICATION LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED BY EU MINISTERS MONDAYLUXEMBOURG, April 13 (Hina) - Foreign ministers of
the European Union are expected to consider Croatia's membership application and decide whether they will give a mandate to the European Commission for drawing up an opinion on Croatia's candidacy at a session set for Monday in Luxembourg. Croatia's membership application, which Premier Ivica Racan handed over to the EU's Greek Presidency in Athens on 21 February, has been added as an item to the agenda of the Council of Ministers in less than two months. If the council gives the mandate to the European Commission to elaborate on an opinion on Croatia's fitness to become a candidate for EU membership, as expected, the Commission will immediately start defining its stand. It takes usually about a year for the Commission to perform such a task. Croatia can ver