In December 2010, Croatia closed the Justice, Freedom and Security policy chapter No. 24 as part of its accession negotiations with the European Union, and assumed an obligation to fulfill standards within next two years for its admission to the Schengen Area with no internal border controls.
Minister Karamarko informed Commissioner Malmstroem of what the Croatian Interior Ministry had done so far and what it was planning to do for that purpose.
"We talked like partners, and by accepting their suggestions and experience we will fulfill our goal. We expressed satisfaction with the closing of the policy chapter No.24, and we must continue working on that chapter," the Croatian minister said after the talks in Brussels.
Asked by reporters whether his announcement of the prosecution of an opposition leader during Question Time in parliament was in contravention of efforts to depoliticise the police, Minister Karamarko dismissed such interpretation of his statement in parliament.
"I did not announce any prosecution. The police are fully depoliticised," he said.
During recent Question Time in the Croatian parliament, Minister Karamarko said that in line with the constitutional provision on no limitation period for launching proceedings for crimes committed in privatisation, the police would conduct inquiries about the privatisation of the Zelena Punta tourist complex in Kukljica on the island of Ugljan bought in 2001 by a company owned Croatian People's Party (HNS) president Radimir Cacic.
On Wednesday, Zadar City Police Department head said that the police were collecting documents and conducting inquiries about the privatisation of the Zelena Punta tourist complex at the request of the county prosecutor,
Members of parliament from the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party in January accused Cacic and his company Coning of wrongdoing in the privatisation of Zelena Punta, which Coning bought in 2001. Minister Karamarko said then in parliament that the police would investigate the allegations.