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pampango

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Sun Jan 22, 2012, 09:07 AM Jan 2012

Croatians vote in referendum on EU membership

Croations are voting on Sunday in a referendum on whether to join the European Union in July next year.

Opinion polls suggest a ‘yes’ vote will prevail; the last one yesterday put support at 61 per cent. All the major political parties are in favour, saying it’s the country’s best option.

Pro-EU campaigners such as the Foreign Minister argue a ‘no’ vote would leave Croatia struggling with fellow ex-Yugoslav nations on Europe’s fringes.

But feelings are running high. Only a minority have resorted to violence, but many opponents of EU membership fear a loss of sovereignty. They also say that the EU is not what it was before the euro debt crisis.

http://www.euronews.net/2012/01/22/croatians-vote-in-referendum-on-eu-membership/

It will be interesting to see if Croatians still want to join the EU despite all the problems that the eurozone countries are having.

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Croatians vote in referendum on EU membership (Original Post) pampango Jan 2012 OP
"They also say that the EU is not what it was before the euro debt crisis." Owlet Jan 2012 #1
Croatia's will hopefully join. I for one will welcome them into our family of nations. MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #2

Owlet

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1. "They also say that the EU is not what it was before the euro debt crisis."
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 09:13 AM
Jan 2012

They sure got that right. Seems kinda like leaping from the iceberg onto the deck of the Titanic

 

MichaelMcGuire

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2. Croatia's will hopefully join. I for one will welcome them into our family of nations.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:08 AM
Jan 2012

I think most understand what sovereignty means in this modern age, as something that can be shared in this interdependent world.

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