Press Release: Commissioner Samecki encourages Croatia to use EU investment as a launch-pad for growth

Regional Policy Commissioner Paweł Samecki met Croatia's Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and members of her government in Zagreb on 25-26 January 2010 to discuss the country's preparations for accession in the context of the EU cohesion policy. If, as expected, Croatia joins the EU in 2012, it will be entitled to an investment boost from the policy of up to €1.1 billion in 2012 and the same again in 2013 – a 20-fold increase on the level of support it currently receives through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).