Bebic said that this was a historic day, informing MPs that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a written statement that the Commission had proposed 1 July 2013 as the indicative date for Croatia's admission to the EU bloc.
"We believe that everything will be all right, just as Barroso envisaged in his statement," Bebic said to applause from MPs.
The parliament ended its meeting for this week.