Croatians vote in favor of joining EU

Croatians on Sunday voted in favor of their country joining the European Union, the results of a referendum there have shown.

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Monday, 23.01.2012.

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Croatians on Sunday voted in favor of their country joining the European Union, the results of a referendum there have shown. 66,24 percent - or some 1.3 million voters - of those who turned out voted in favor, while 33,16 - or 650,000 - were against. Croatians vote in favor of joining EU The referendum was marked by a low turnout of about 1.9 million voters, or 43,58 percent of those eligible to cast their ballots. Croatia is set to join the EU in July 2013, after this has been approved by all 27 members of the organization. In a short statement for the media, Croatian PM Zoran Milanovic congratulated his compatriots on the result and said it was "historic". At the same time, he expressed his surprise at the low turnout: "I feel no bitterness, I expected a higher turnout". Milanovic concluded that "people were obviously fatigued". The southern coastal region of Dalmatia saw the most opposition to the idea of EU membership, with regions voting from 40 to 70 percent against. Conversely, the area of Medjumurje in the north was most in favor, with only 23 percent of opponents to Croatia's EU membership. B92

Croatians vote in favor of joining EU

The referendum was marked by a low turnout of about 1.9 million voters, or 43,58 percent of those eligible to cast their ballots.

Croatia is set to join the EU in July 2013, after this has been approved by all 27 members of the organization.

In a short statement for the media, Croatian PM Zoran Milanović congratulated his compatriots on the result and said it was "historic".

At the same time, he expressed his surprise at the low turnout: "I feel no bitterness, I expected a higher turnout".

Milanović concluded that "people were obviously fatigued".

The southern coastal region of Dalmatia saw the most opposition to the idea of EU membership, with regions voting from 40 to 70 percent against.

Conversely, the area of Međumurje in the north was most in favor, with only 23 percent of opponents to Croatia's EU membership.

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