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ZAGREB, Croatia-A national hero delivered to a war crimes court. A former minister detained for graft. Cherished national shipyards on sale. A deal struck with a neighbor despite the risk of losing territory.Croatians feel their country has done its utmost to meet a long list of demands for entry into the European Union. But now that sense of satisfaction is tinged with concern that all those efforts have become irrelevant as EU officials, focused on Greek debt and the sinking euro, grow more wary of expansion."The leaders of the union today have more urgent concerns than to dream of enlargement," Jacques Rupnik, an expert from the Paris-based International Center for Study and Research, said in recent comments to the French daily, Le Monde....Croatia hopes and strives for EU membership, but will Greek debt, euro crisis block it..?
ZAGREB, Croatia-A national hero delivered to a war crimes court. A former minister detained for graft. Cherished national shipyards on sale. A deal struck with a neighbor despite the risk of losing territory.Croatians feel their country has done its utmost to meet a long list of demands for entry into the European Union. But now that sense of satisfaction is tinged with concern that all those efforts have become irrelevant as EU officials, focused on Greek debt and the sinking euro, grow more wary of expansion."The leaders of the union today have more urgent concerns than to dream of enlargement," Jacques Rupnik, an expert from the Paris-based International Center for Study and Research, said in recent comments to the French daily, Le Monde....
