Augustin Palokaj
Augustin Palokaj is the Brussels correspondent for the Croatian daily Jutarnji List and a regular contributor to news website EUobserver.
Updated: 4 May 2012
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Croatia: At the end of the EU obstacle course
27 March 201322212 Jutarnji List Zagreb -
Serbia: Brussels votes for stability
4 May 201230 Jutarnji List Zagreb
The news has been confirmed: after more than 10 years of negotiations, the Croats are set to join the EU on July 1. Convinced that they had been burned by previous enlargements, the EU’s 27 members were even more strict with Zagreb than they were with other countries which recently joined the Union. 
On the eve of parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia, the EU officially supports neither side. But compared to less Europhile opponents, the outgoing president, Boris Tadić, seems to remain the best possible choice.