Last minute jitters in Croatia over EU accession

[Logan 5]

Oh, you can have fun and track directly what Croatians write about results on one of the most popular forums:

forum.hr showthread.php?t=701019

Sorry again, I hope you can assemble the link...

[sondagefaux]

Results update at 21.40 Croatian time: 98.24% of votes processed, Yes 66.24%, No 33.16%.

The European Parliament has already approved Croatia's accession to the EU.

The next part of the accession process is the ratification of Croatia's accession by the parliaments of the 27 existing member states, a process which should be completed by June 2013.

Assuming all goes to schedule, Croatia will join the EU on 1st July, 2013.

[Hillmanhunter1]

If taken as sarcasm, that's pretty funny. The 10,000-plus-page acquis communautaire has to be the most anti-democratic thing since the USSR's constitution.

Not sarcastic, not funny, not sexy, not doctrinaire, just a bureaucratic blueprint for organising (relatively) peaceful co-existence between the nations that occupy what is probably the most blood-drenched part of this world.

Oh, and its estimated to be about 170,000 pages long!

[kerdasi amaq]

Why should they? They're one of Germany's big traditional allies. It was Germany's 1991 recognition of their independence from Yugoslavia that was the major cause of the Bosnian war.

Because they may discover that it is not to their advantage to be part of the EUSSR.

[Al.]

Because they may discover that it is not to their advantage to be part of the EUSSR.

If you mean in the same sense that it was not to their advantage to have been part of the German Empire, you do have a point. But there is a history behind this, and it hasn't been forgotten by the elites.

[Fitch F Rich]

If you mean in the same sense that it was not to their advantage to have been part of the German Empire, you do have a point. But there is a history behind this, and it hasn't been forgotten by the elites.

Wrong.
Today's elites in Croatia are mostly of communist origins so they certainly don't cherish those historical bonds with the Germans. Our new Minister of Foreign Affairs is London's student of diplomacy, not Berlin's.

[McDave]

So, no jitters as it turns out. More like a pretty ringing endorsement.

[shiel]

The yes lead has been steadily slipping over the last week or so and now only 53% of croats are set to vote yes despite a tsunami of EU propoganda. A democratic miracle a la the Norwegian no of 1994, Danish no in 2000 and Swedish no in 2003 looks to be possible.
Surprisingly or not surprisingly depending on your viewpoint a re-run is being talked about if the is a no vote.
Also what happens the "legal guarantees" if Sunday's referendum goes south?

Croats Split on EU as Government Fights to Pass Referendum - Businessweek

A bit previous given the two thirds majority.