Press Release: Croatia: Last Monitoring Report concludes country ready to join the EU

The European Commission adopted on 26 March 2013 its last Monitoring Report on Croatia's preparations for joining the EU. The Commission assesses that Croatia has completed the ten priority actions identified in the previous report in October, and has shown the will and ability to fulfil all outstanding commitments in good time before accession. The Commission concludes that Croatia will be ready to join the European Union on 1 July 2013.

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