Croatia “stabbed in back” by Slovenia

Slovenia’s decision to obstruct Croatia’s EU integration efforts over a border dispute is front-page news in both Ljubljana and Zagreb. In the view of Croatian media, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor has stabbed Croatia in the back, adding that Croatia “does not need enemies, when it has neighbors like that.” Croatia “stabbed in back” by Slovenia According to Slovenian media, the Croatian government called an emergency press conference, where Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that Slovenia’s attempts to block Croatia’s EU integration were unprecedented in the history of EU accession talks. Sanader said that unless Slovenia reconsidered and changed its decision to block Croatia, it would be flying in the face of all the principles of solidarity, community and good neighborly relations that the EU was founded on. According to Slovenian web portal 24ur.com, Sanader said that he still considered Slovenia a friendly country, “because for Croatia, Slovenia is based on people, not politics.” Borut Pahor (FoNet, archive)

Croatia “stabbed in back” by Slovenia

According to Slovenian media, the Croatian government called an emergency press conference, where Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that Slovenia’s attempts to block Croatia’s EU integration were unprecedented in the history of EU accession talks.

Sanader said that unless Slovenia reconsidered and changed its decision to block Croatia, it would be flying in the face of all the principles of solidarity, community and good neighborly relations that the EU was founded on.

According to Slovenian web portal 24ur.com, Sanader said that he still considered Slovenia a friendly country, “because for Croatia, Slovenia is based on people, not politics.”