First five years of Croatia's EU membership is a success story - conference

The first five years of Croatia's European Union membership is a success story both for Croatia and the EU bloc, heard a conference held in the European Parliament building in Brussels on Wednesday on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Croatia's admission to the Union.

Croatia joined the bloc on 1 July 2013.

Today, this is an opportunity to send a message about the achievements accomplished by Croatia as an EU member, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the event organised by Croatian member of the European Parliament, Dubravka Suica.

During his speech, Plenkovic recalled that the aggression against Croatia and its war of independence made the country's journey towards the EU more difficult. He said that he would continue pursuing the mainstream policies and oppose populism.

We won't fall into a trap of resorting to the rhetoric of those parties that are on the extreme sides of the political spectrum. I have reiterated that over and over again and I fight against populism and advocate mainstream views, the Croatian PM said.

Apart from Plenkovic, other speakers at this conference were the European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, the European People's Party (EPP) leader Joseph Daul, and the chairman of the EPP group, Manfred Weber, the EPP Women chairwoman Doris Pack, and the head of the European Commission's Representation in Zagreb, Branko Baricevic.

Text: Hina

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