A Citizen’s Perspective: The Accession of Croatia to the European Union

July 1st 2013 was celebrated as a great success for the  Republic of Croatia. Well, that is what we were told by Croatia’s major media communications groups.   After more than a decade of striving, the Republic of Croatia finally became a member of the European Union. The truth is that only a smaller number of citizens celebrated that day. The vast majority of the citizens of Republic of Croatia did not experience the very act of accession as a success of their country, especially not as success by its own merit. And with a good reason; the Republic of Croatia is not a successful country. Nor will the EU membership make it successful.

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