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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10877

29 June 2013
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (ae) croatia
Council welcomes Croatia's accession to European Union

Brussels, 28/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 28 June, the European Council welcomed Croatia as the 28th member of the European Union from 1 July. President Herman Van Rompuy said that 1 July is “truly a historic moment for Croatia (…). You have always been European. You are now a full member of our European Union”. He went on to sound a note of warning, however, saying: “This means new opportunities but also new responsibilities”. Accession, he said, is an important stage for the...