EU enlargement over for now

Croatia will be the last country in the Balkans to join the EU for some time to come, the liberal business paper Hospodářské noviny comments: "One thing was clear before the votes were counted: the public system in Zagreb is rife with corruption. And numerous criminals from the war in ex-Yugoslavia are still on the run. ... But there is a second piece of news that is no better than the first: if Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union in the middle of next year this will end the EU's successful expansion to the east and south for an indeterminate period. Because if the current crisis doesn't end soon no other Balkan country will be able to follow Croatia's footsteps into the EU."

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