EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn Warns Croatia of Possible Postponement in EU Talks unless ZERP Issue Resolved Quickly
Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – The European Union enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn warns Croatia of its EU negotiations being blocked if the issue of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) is not resolved quickly.
Rehn said this after Thursday’s meeting with PM Ivo Sanader in Zagreb. He added that Croatia had made the decision on ZERP unilaterally.
Sanader confirmed the threats saying that if such a decision by Brussels is made it may result in an official blocking of negotiations.
The PM announced that there would be no quadrilateral meeting with Slovenia, Italy and the EU on ZERP, as Italy’s current acting PM Romano Prodi is not ready to take responsibility for the talks.
Croatia has announced the start of ZERP implementation on January 1, 2008 and has since been pressured by its EU neighbours Italy and Slovenia not to implement it citing a document Croatia had signed in 2004 allegedly pledging not to enforce the Belt against EU members.
News Info: News in Politics, Tagged: Rehn, ZERP
Comments are currently closed, but you can Leave A Trackback.
Previous News: Legendary Croatian Actress Semka Sokolovic Bertok Dies Aged 72 »
Next News: Sunday Trade Ban Proposal Forwarded to Parliament »
Latest Croatia News
- Body Found in the Sea Beneath the Historic Dubrovnik Walls Might Be that of Young Australian
- No New Clues in the Brutal Murder of Zagorec Solicitor’s Daughter
- Croatian Minister Roncevic To Face Questioning by Anti-corruption Agency over Truck Procurement
- Pula and Belgrade To Be Linked by Serbian Jat Airlines during Summer
- Protected Witness Testifies in the Gotovina, Cermak and Markac ICTY Trial
- The Croatian Intelligence Agency Launches Website
- Zagreb Pride March To Be Held for the Seventh Time
- Croatian Football Association Fined €60,000 for Croatian Supporters’ Inappropriate Conduct
- Zagreb: Construction Worker Dead after Metal Tube Falls on His Head
- Eurobarometer: A Third of Croats Believe EU Membership To Be Positive, but a Quarter See it as Bad for Croatia
