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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9773

31 October 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/croatia
Zagreb closes new chapter in negotiations but concerned by Slovenia blocking other chapters

Brussels, 30/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - As previously announced (EUROPE 9771), the EU and Croatia completed accession negotiations on the “external relations” chapter on Thursday 30 October. In total, the country has now closed 4 of the 35 chapters that need negotiating. At the end of the meeting in Brussels, Croatia's negotiator-in-chief, Vladimir Drobnjak, criticised the EU for not being able to make more progress in negotiations, “although a much bigger number of chapters was ready...

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