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The state of the Croatian public administration according to the European commission's progress report in 2007.
Tijana Vukojičić
; lecturer of the Administrative Science, public administration study at the Social Sciences Polytechnic, Zagreb
Abstract
Following the decision of the Council of Europe (June 2004), Croatia acquired
the status of a candidate country. In its annual report, the European Commission
has been assessing the progress of the Republic of Croatia in meeting the
political and economic criteria for full membership and the country’s ability to
implement the EU acquis communautaire for the past three years. On its way
to full membership, Croatia is faced with comprehensive reforms of its political
and economic systems and a thorough adaptation to the EU standards. The
Commission stresses that the reforms of the public administration system are of
particular importance. The author discusses some other important documents
that assess readiness of the Croatian public administration to become part of
the »European family«. The author concludes that Croatia will show maturity
required for the EU accession only after it has achieved a clear political consensus.
Keywords
the European Union; accession negotiations; public administration; reform; European Commission’s Progress Report of 2007
Hrčak ID:
135286
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Publication date:
7.12.2007.
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