OUR ROAD TO THE EU: CROATIA

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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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