Brussels, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Hannes Swoboda (S&D, Austria), the European Parliament's rapporteur on Croatia's request for membership to the EU, issued an opinion on Thursday 20 October in favour of the country's accession, calling on his colleagues to support it. Swoboda said the criteria set out by the Parliament have been sufficiently met for the country to be accepted. He underlined that accession is not only important for Croatia, but for the region as a whole. Bernd Posselt...