Croatia's integration in the EU?
112731
Croatia will join EU in the next round after it cleans its act up. They've had a few internal political hiccups along the way, but I think they will come out fine. Croatia will have positive economical effects, and I would say tourism will become one of its main industries. Political, will be interesting.. Especially if Serbia decides to apply for EU. Not familiar enough with Barry's theory to comment.
913784
Wow, an intelligent question on YA.\n\nIf this were to happen, a unified military for the EU would be an extremely potent force with a broad spectrum leadership.\n\nIt will be interesting to see how alliances would play out. If the EU military was unified, would England for example be allowed to ally with a non EU nation in a military campaign that the rest of the EU condemns?
410747
Turkey has been wanting to join the EU for many years but has been prevented from doing so because of it's human rights record.\n\nThe Turkish Government are making some attempts to address this issue and once they succeed the country will be eligible to join the EU although this is likely to be many years away.
198087
Joining the EU would definately help Albania.\n\n"Lagging behind its Balkan neighbors, Albania is making the difficult transition to a more modern open-market economy. The government has taken measures to curb violent crime and to spur economic activity and trade. The economy is bolstered by annual remittances from abroad of $600-$800 million, mostly from Greece and Italy; this helps offset the towering trade deficit. Agriculture, which accounts for about one-quarter of GDP, is held back because of frequent drought and the need to modernize equipment, to clarify property rights, and to consolidate small plots of land. Energy shortages and antiquated and inadequate infrastructure contribute to Albania's poor business environment, which make it difficult to attract and sustain foreign investment. The planned construction of a new thermal power plant near Vlore and improved transmission and distribution facilities will help relieve the energy shortages. Also, the government is moving slowly to improve the poor national road and rail network, a long-standing barrier to sustained economic growth. On the positive side: growth was strong in 2003-05 and inflation is not a problem."
461476
Turkey first applied to join the European Community, the pre-cursor of the European Union, in April, 1987.  In 1999, Turkey was recognized as a candidate for EU membership and formal accession negotiations began in October of last year.  The question of Turkish membership is at the heart of most  Turkey’s chances of entering the EU any time soon went way down in June with the failure of the two referenda about ratifying the EU constitution in the Netherlands and France, partly on issues of worry about enlargement and Europe becoming too broad and not deep enough. Certainly, Turkey is a secular state, but it’s a secular state with a very large Muslim population and the fact that France and other European countries are struggling with their own internal immigrant and Muslim populations means that Turkey’s chances to enter the EU have declined.\n\nI see Turkey with full European Union membership as an economic and political asset rather than liability. The EU should have taken in Turkey in years ago and its beneficial impact to the union could have also affected the growth of entire world economies.
171804
Its not in Turkey's hands to join EU or not. Turkey is fighting to join EU for so long but I don't know what EU is thinking.
1061689
We had no choice. In 1975 we voted to join the Common Market with Europe, not a common government, which is what has gradually happened. Our current government has allowed this, and has split the country up, without asking the electorate first, into 12 regions, per the EU's Regions of Europe plan.\n\nWe're too far integrated into the union to leave now though. Such a move could collapse the economy. We need the EU now, and they need us. We didn't do too badly before it. However, the majority are against it. Consequently, the British government won't hold a referendum on it, even though many times they've scheduled dates for a national vote on whether we should join the single currency, which have all been postponed, because they know they'd be defeated.\n\nRegularly, laws are being applied to the UK and other countries, from Brussels, the seat of the EU government. But a big issue currently is companies making crazy cost-cuts by outsourcing to other countries, which is affecting the economy, reducing it to a services-based economy, with very few manufacturing industries left.\n\nBut the EU has big problems; currently a corrupt, bottomless pit where money mysteriously disappears on a regular basis. As it stands, It's too big to be unified as a single European state, and is already straining under its own weight from the immense bureaucracy, red tape and a myriad of languages to translate its documents into.\n\nAs for the Pound, the fight is on to save the 1300-year-old currency. A few other countries of Europe are fighting to retain their national currencies too. So far, it's just a minority that supports joining the single currency. It seems very much as if the EU, with the help of its pro-Euro camp in Britain, is trying to weaken the Pound to a point where one day accept we'll have to accept the Euro, which may eventually be stronger. It's already begun; UK-based companies find it more expensive trading from here with other countries because of the extra fees incurred changing Pounds to Euros. As soon as the two currencies are harmonised, it's we'll likely join. If we'd joined earlier, maybe companies wouldn't have moved to Euro countries, production to China or call centres to India.\n\nBut if we don't decide on it soon, there might not be many companies of worth left in this country, as the most profitable ones will have moved somewhere cheaper.
800841
you can view exactly where croatia is (in europe) by viewing the maps at\nhttp://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/europea.htm\n(location is marked in orange color in the next map)\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Europe_location_CRO.png\n\n\n"Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Europe at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. Croatia shares land borders with Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the south, as well as a sea border with Italy to the west."\n\n"Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991"\n\nquoted from\nCroatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia
652081
I can understand it, yes. I am from Croatia. I've heard about the Slovio project and am not especially thrilled about it, but as long as it makes them happy....
192514
According to my opinion there are two very important reasons why Turkey isn't a part of EU.\n \nThe first one is Turkey's foreign policy.The main obstacle to EU membership remains the unsolved issues between Turkey and EU member Greece.The most serious between the two countries is their dispute over the island of Cyprus.\n\nEU members have also expressed reservations about Turkey's human rights record.Amnesty International and Helsinki Watch ,two human rights monitoring organizations supported by the EU, have reported the persistence of practices such as arbitrary arrests, disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture in prisons and censorship.\n\nEven though the Turkish government should work on improving the law about the human rights, I take Turkey's side, more or less. The Greeks have a lot of nationalism going on. The economical situation is practically the same in both countries.Turks shouldn't be punished just for being Moslems.43 years on the waiting list.. it's just too long.
215838
Its up in the air at the moment.  they have to meet certain requirement, prerequisites.. They do have things in their culture that Europe doesnt want in the union so there are talks and negotiations.  We should see something about it soon but not sure when.
69173
No, I´ve never believed in the future of European Union.\nReasons:\n* there are far too many countries in the E.U.\n* these countries are very different (history, values, rich/poor) - so it is very difficult to find compromises\n* every country wants to keep its identity \n* why no common constitution? people in e.g. Slovakia have different needs, problems, et cetera as people e.g. in England\n* people in western europe think the criminality would increase by taking countries like Bulgaria (where even the police drives with stolen cars)\n* people are afraid of taking a country like Turkey into the E.U. (very large country, very many people, very many poor people - richer countries would pay more, borders to countries like Iraq, Iran)\n* farmers in Middle European countries will "die out", because the prizes for agricultural goods decrease (competition with "cheap" countries in Eastern Europe)\n* there are countries which have to "pay" and countries which "get" money. People in the paying countries don´t understand why the should pay for another country
868395
The EU has been trying to get it's member states to adopt the EU constitution.People in many member states are afraid of unreasonable restrictions, a loss of power or autonomy,or losing national identity.
946331
The EU doesnt even know whether it is a Federation or a Confederation. It is refered to as both all of the above, and none of the above. \n\nShort answer: No real official answer as yet. I would say it is a Confederation though, simply because the each member nation-state has much more control over its own affairs than one would see in a Federation.
389538
Yes, I do know, and with "Goran" in your nickname, I'm guessing you also have an idea of where it is.\n\nI have to say it's funny how you can get so many answers to the same simple question.  Depending on the intellectual level of the person asking, I sometimes have to stoop down to the level of saying "it's to the right of the big boot."\n\nIf you look at a map of Europe and exclude Russia and Turkey, Croatia falls into the center and south of Europe.  Why many say it is in the East, Balkans, or even West . . . It all depends on where you stand, both physically and politically.
1043268
A player is eligible to play for a country if:\n"a) the player was born on the territory of the relevant Association;\nb) his biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant Association;\nc) his grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant Association;\nd) he has lived continuously for at least two years on the territory of the relevant Association."\n\nSo yes, you could play for Croatia, under part b).
1048899
Wow I love little history / Geography tid bits of information and this one is both!\n\nWell Rock on Croatia!