our road to the eu: croatia
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OWTF 2012-2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Our road to the EU
Croatia
Brussels - Croatia signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement
May 14th 2001
Croatia applied for European Union membership
February 21th 2003
Croatia gained official status of candidate for EU membership
June 18th 2004
Negotiations between Croatia and the EU started
October 3th 2005
Croatia joined the NATO
April 1th 2009
Jose Manuel Barroso proposed closure of accession negotiations with Croatia
June 10th 2011
Brussels – The Croatian Accession Treaty to the European Union
December 9th 2011
The referendum in Croatia for joining the European Union – 66,3% YES
January 22th 2012
Croatia became a full member of the European Union
July 1th 2013
{Berndt Posselt, CSU
„It's hard enough in itself to join the EU, but provisions imposed Croatia during negotiations were much more severe than with any other country.For that reason Croatia is now one of the best candidate we've ever had.“
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