Zagreb, Jul 1 Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic assessed today, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Croatia’s entry into the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2013, that the last decade has been an extraordinary period for progress and development. country development.
“I think we can be proud of our achievements,” Plenkovic said today in statements to public radio and television HRT.
He recalled that Croatia is among “the 15 countries in the world” that are members of the EU, NATO, the Schengen area of free movement in Europe and the eurozone.
“We couldn’t be further into the core than we are now,” he said.
He was of the opinion that Croatia went through a difficult path to independence from the former Yugoslavia, the war and its consequences and the economic crisis of 2008, while in the past decade it went through the migratory crisis with the rest of the community bloc. , Brexit, the covid pandemic and the current Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Plenkovic highlighted that the GDP per inhabitant in Croatia was 61% of the European average in 2013 and in 2022 it reached 73%, and assured that in 2030 it will reach the EU average.EFE
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