Tema destacado del Lunes, 14. Enero 2008

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Croatia moves toward EU entry

Croatia has a new government. The coalition, under Ivo Sanader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), includes numerous representatives of ethnic minorities, in addition to the Social Liberal and Croatian Peasant parties. Sanader is aiming for NATO entry and EU membership in his second term. What are the chances of success?

Delo - Eslovenia

Croatian correspondent Rok Kajzer points out that Croatia theoretically could already be a EU member by the time the new government's current legislative period runs out in 2012. But he laments that Zagreb has not turned out to be a model EU pupil so far. "Witness the difficulties with opening and closing the phases of negotiations. The EU recently admonished Croatia over its 'prestigious' human rights chapter. Due to lack of preparation on the part of Croatia, this chapter has not yet been opened. This is one result of Croatia's mistaken conviction that the negotiations are merely a formality, and that it is enough to promise reforms and a war on corruption." (14/01/2008)

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Alemania

Karl-Peter Schwarz has concerns about that the stability of the new government under Ivo Sanader, despite the solid conservative majority. "Unlike in the past legislative period, which was dominated by pro-European forces in the government, Sanader now has to take coalition partners into consideration whose prime concern is protecting the interest of their clientele. The Croatian Peasant Party has pursued a thoroughly protectionist course for years. It was already able to introduce one of its main demands, a 12-year moratorium on sale of agricultural lands to foreigners, into the government programme, which might not be exactly favourable to the image of Croatia in the EU. But in particular the party calls for the unfailing enforcement of the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (EFPZ) enacted on January 1. Prospects for a speedy and uncomplicated EU-entry process for Croatia have worsened dramatically." (14/01/2008)

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Diário de Notícias - Portugal

The Lisbon daily comments on the election of Slobodan Uzelac as vice prime minister. A member of the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS), he will be the first ethnic Serb in a Croatian government since the war. "[This] reveals a desire for reconciliation between the two communities. This was unthinkable not so long ago. Let us recall the facts: between 1991 and 1995, the Serb minority (12% of the population) proclaimed its own republic, going as far as occupying one third of the territory. When they were defeated, 280,000 Serbs fled to Serbia and Bosnia. Only 103,000 of them ever returned. The return of refugees and the restitution of their property is, precisely, one of the main conditions imposed on Zagreb for EU accession. Uzelac's entry into government needs to be seen in this context. It is of course a condition [of the EU], but at the same time it represents a desire: a desire to soothe bloody war wounds and the hostilities between communities who wanted to be separated by force and who now wish to find themselves together again, in the protective shadow of the EU." (13/01/2008)

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