Brussels, 04/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, CSU MEP Bernd Posselt criticises elements wanting to postpone the launch of accession negotiations with Croatia. From Zagreb, where he was attending the constituent session of the joint EP-Croatian Parliament parliamentary committee, the MEP said that apart from Switzerland, Croatia is the only country in Mittelleuropa that is not yet a member of the EU. He is incensed that the negotiations might be delayed because General Gotovina is on the run, while in Turkey 'generals who have persecuted entire ethnic groups are not in hiding, but sitting in their hundreds in their headquarters'.