The proposal was endorsed by all major parliamentary parties, except the Greens, who are in favour of shutting down the Krsko plant, which is located in Slovenia, but they are against exerting pressure on Croatia.
Ahead of today's session, the head of the Green Party's parliamentary group, Rolf Holub, received support from Austrian Social Democrat member of the European Parliament and the EP rapporteur for Croatia, Hannes Swoboda, who distanced himself from his party which had launched this initiative.
"I disagree with it. These two things (the closure of the Krsko plant and Croatia's EU entry) should be treated separately," Swoboda was quoted as saying.