ZAGREB, Oct 22 (Hina) - More than 75 percent of Croatia's population favours the country's European orientation, European Integration Minster Neven Mimica said on Monday quoting the results of a public opinion poll. Mimica held a
lecture on Croatia's integration into the European Union at Zagreb's Faculty of Economy. He dismissed the theory about Balkan associations being a prerequisite for joining the EU. He also dismissed claims that the Stabilisation and Association Committee, as envisaged by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, would have more powers than the Croatian parliament and government. Commenting on recent claims that terrorist threats will affect the EU expansion, Mimica said such threats would speed up rather than slow down the expansion process because this was in the interest of the EU countries. He concluded that Croatia had to make efforts to meet all EU standards and criteria, not only for the sake of
ZAGREB, Oct 22 (Hina) - More than 75 percent of Croatia's population
favours the country's European orientation, European Integration
Minster Neven Mimica said on Monday quoting the results of a public
opinion poll.
Mimica held a lecture on Croatia's integration into the European
Union at Zagreb's Faculty of Economy. He dismissed the theory about
Balkan associations being a prerequisite for joining the EU.
He also dismissed claims that the Stabilisation and Association
Committee, as envisaged by the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement, would have more powers than the Croatian parliament and
government.
Commenting on recent claims that terrorist threats will affect the
EU expansion, Mimica said such threats would speed up rather than
slow down the expansion process because this was in the interest of
the EU countries.
He concluded that Croatia had to make efforts to meet all EU
standards and criteria, not only for the sake of its EU membership
but because that membership would enable "a better life in a better
Croatia".
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