Szegedist
06-21-2013, 06:35 PM
The European family will be more complete with Croatia’s upcoming accession on July 1 which will also expand the borders of Central Europe, the foreign ministry state secretary for EU affairs said on Friday.
Eniko Gyori told MTI that resulting from Croatia and Hungary being neighbours, the two countries share many historic and cultural ties and it is natural that they should also belong to the same political community. Hungarians will also benefit from Croatia’s accession because customs checks will be discontinued at the Hungarian-Croatian border which was crossed by as many as 279,000 Hungarian tourists only last year.
Hungary will open its borders to Croatian workers and Hungarians will also be able to work without restrictions in Croatia, Gyori said. Based on current figures, a large migration of workers cannot be expected but the accession will offer new opportunities to workers in both countries, she added.
Gyori said Croatia’s accession will also result in “the voice of Central Europe becoming stronger” in the EU. The Visegrad Four group of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has gained recognition by the other EU member states and proven the usefulness of regional cooperation. The V4 is considered a stable grouping in Europe and it can now start cooperation with Croatia, as it has done several times with Bulgaria, Austria and Slovenia, she added.
When the friends of cohesion group “fought a serious battle” for cohesion funding in the EU’s next 2014-2020 budgetary period, “Croatia was already at the table” and even though it had no right to vote yet, statements it made demonstrated that “we were always pulling in the same direction,” Gyori said.
Gyori noted that it was during Hungary’s EU presidency in 2011 that the accession talks with Croatia were completed and added that once the other countries of the Western Balkans fulfill the criteria for accession, “they have a future in the EU, the gate is open.”
http://www.politics.hu/20130621/central-europe-will-have-stronger-voice-in-eu-with-croatia-state-secretary-says/
I do not understand our government. The say "We will not be a colony, the EU is the new USSR, they will not tell us what to do", but at the same time "Croatia join the EU yay it will be great yay :D :D :D"
Eniko Gyori told MTI that resulting from Croatia and Hungary being neighbours, the two countries share many historic and cultural ties and it is natural that they should also belong to the same political community. Hungarians will also benefit from Croatia’s accession because customs checks will be discontinued at the Hungarian-Croatian border which was crossed by as many as 279,000 Hungarian tourists only last year.
Hungary will open its borders to Croatian workers and Hungarians will also be able to work without restrictions in Croatia, Gyori said. Based on current figures, a large migration of workers cannot be expected but the accession will offer new opportunities to workers in both countries, she added.
Gyori said Croatia’s accession will also result in “the voice of Central Europe becoming stronger” in the EU. The Visegrad Four group of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has gained recognition by the other EU member states and proven the usefulness of regional cooperation. The V4 is considered a stable grouping in Europe and it can now start cooperation with Croatia, as it has done several times with Bulgaria, Austria and Slovenia, she added.
When the friends of cohesion group “fought a serious battle” for cohesion funding in the EU’s next 2014-2020 budgetary period, “Croatia was already at the table” and even though it had no right to vote yet, statements it made demonstrated that “we were always pulling in the same direction,” Gyori said.
Gyori noted that it was during Hungary’s EU presidency in 2011 that the accession talks with Croatia were completed and added that once the other countries of the Western Balkans fulfill the criteria for accession, “they have a future in the EU, the gate is open.”
http://www.politics.hu/20130621/central-europe-will-have-stronger-voice-in-eu-with-croatia-state-secretary-says/
I do not understand our government. The say "We will not be a colony, the EU is the new USSR, they will not tell us what to do", but at the same time "Croatia join the EU yay it will be great yay :D :D :D"