Croatia signs on to EU membership

Croatia signed on the 9 December 2011 to become the European Union’s 28th member, putting the former Yugoslav state on course to join the bloc in July 2013 after more than seven years of negotiations.

ESO: Background information: European Union: Enlargement: Candidate countries: Croatia http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-union-enlargement-candidate-countries-croatia/

EurActiv, 9.12.11: Croatia joins a Union uncertain of its future http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/croatia-joins-union-uncertain-fu-news-509603

BBC News, 9.12.11: Croatia signs treaty to join EU in middle of 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16106982

ESO: Background information: Scandals Overshadow Croatia's EU Accession http://www.europeansources.info/record/scandals-overshadow-croatias-eu-accession/

Deutsche Welle, 9.12.11: Croatia's long road to EU membership finds a happy end http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15587374,00.html

European Commission: Press/11/485: Brussels, 9 December 2011 Speech by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at the signing ceremony of Croatia's Accession Treaty http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=PRES/11/485&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/11/869: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso at the signature ceremony of the Accession Treaty of Croatia Signature of the Accession Treaty of Croatia Brussels, 9 December 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/869&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EUObserver, 9.12.11: EU and Croatia remind world the Union is still working http://euobserver.com/15/114577

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