Just A Little Pause

Croatia and the EU tussle over a missing General

Published March 30, 2005

In a surprise decision on March 16, three members of the European Union -- the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands -- voted against opening talks with Croatia for accession to the 25-member group. At the same meeting, a decision was taken to adopt a negotiation framework, meaning that at any time the EU decides to green light Croatia to begin talks, a structure for discussions will be in place. Along with Bulgaria and...

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