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The European Commission's Enlargement Package 2008 including the Croatia Progress Report and the Strategy Paper
05.11.2008, 10:10
H.E. Mr. Vincent DEGERT, Head of the EC Delegation to
Croatia invites all media representatives to a press conference at
which he will present The European Commission's Enlargement Package
2008 including the Croatia Progress Report and the Strategy Paper.Press conference will take place on Wednesday 5 November 2008 at 16:00 at the EU Information Centre, Trg žrtava fašizma 6, Zagreb.
The Strategy paper presents the Commission's overall enlargement policy for the candidate countries Croatia and Turkey, and the potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo). It sketches out the Enlargement Strategy and the main challenges for 2008-2009. For each country, the strategy paper takes up progress made, the accession and pre-accession strategy, and support to reforms such as EU assistance and financial instruments. It also outlines a road-map for realising the Western Balkan countries' perspective of EU membership, setting out the stages and the conditions attached to each year.
Progress Report: The Commission presents the progress made by candidate and potential candidate countries on their road towards the EU, based on the three key criteria (political, economic and on Croatia's readiness for EU membership). Progress reports are presented for: Croatia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
The entire package will be accessible and downloadable on 5 November afternoon on: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/index_en.htm
Source: http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/en/content/news/id/1390