Strasbourg, 18/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 April, MEPs expressed their pleasure at being able to welcome Croatia to the EU on 1 July as its 28th member. They said they were “confident in the strength and maturity of the democracy and social market economy in Croatia, of its accession to European values, and its ability to fulfil the accession obligations”. Adopting the report of Libor Roucek (S&D, Czech Republic) by a large majority (529 votes to 36, with 39 abstentions),...