Naslov
CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION: SELECTED OBSTACLES

Autori
Rajevac, Josipa

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Međunarodni odnosi i diplomacija

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Godina
2019

Stranica
77

Mentor
Grdešić, Ivan

Ključne riječi
Croatia, accession, EU, ICTY

Sažetak
If it were not for the Slovenian blockade of Croatia's EU accession and challenging accession criteria, Croatia would have become an EU member state in a much shorter period. Croatia's journey to the EU was long delayed, but 22 years after its independence, the Republic of Croatia managed to become a member of the EU. The process of accession to the EU started in 2001 when Croatia signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement. Croatia officially became a member state in 2013. So, Croatia’s path to the EU lasted for more than a decade and carried a number of difficulties that prolonged it. Apart from the above-mentioned circumstances, there were other demanding conditions that prevented Croatia's rapid entry into the EU ; these include the need for cooperation with International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), high corruption records, and a dysfunctional judiciary system. Nevertheless, a little more than a decade after their first step was made toward the EU, Croatia achieved one of its main foreign policy goals and became a formal and legal part of the common European market and an adopter of the EU’s acquis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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