"Slovenia still blocking Croatian EU bid"

Slovenia will not approve the closing of three chapters in Croatia’s EU negotiations at Monday’s accession conference in Brussels. This is according to a report today in the European Voice, which states that Slovenia is still blocking Croatia’s EU integration by not approving the closing of these chapters. "Slovenia still blocking Croatian EU bid" Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar confirmed for local media that the chapters would not be approved, but denied that this was an act of blocking Croatia's integration, adding that it was "a question of the process of harmonizing the opening of the question and that the point of having a solution has yet to be reached.” Zbogar said that Slovenia, as well as all the other EU member-states, have the right to “essential doubts regarding specific charters.” He added that the chapter in question is the one related to fishing, and the foreign, security and defense policies of Croatia, which Slovenia has refused to approve for the last year.

"Slovenia still blocking Croatian EU bid"

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar confirmed for local media that the chapters would not be approved, but denied that this was an act of blocking Croatia's integration, adding that it was "a question of the process of harmonizing the opening of the question and that the point of having a solution has yet to be reached.”

Žbogar said that Slovenia, as well as all the other EU member-states, have the right to “essential doubts regarding specific charters.”

He added that the chapter in question is the one related to fishing, and the foreign, security and defense policies of Croatia, which Slovenia has refused to approve for the last year.