Brussels, 25/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission considers that Croatia fulfils the conditions for negotiating a stabilisation and association agreement (SAA) with the EU, and recommends that the Council take a stance along these lines. If the Council states its position in June, the Commission proposes to present, by July, a draft negotiating directive, and to recommend that the Council authorise it to negotiate. Such are the essential conclusions of the report that the...