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Full membership of Croatia in the European Union is objective shared by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, to which it contributes in the last few years through diverse activities. As we underline that this process holds huge democratisation potential we approach to the EU integration process from the position of public participation in the decision-making, transparency of the negotiations and through question of transnational networking from both sides of the Schengen boarder thus challenging idea of 'fortress Europe' and centre-periphery model. more»
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Lunch Debate: Croatia at the doorstep of the European Union: a worrying lack of enthusiasm?
May 11, 2010 - Lunch Debate 14 April 2010

"Croatia at the doorstep of the European Union: a worrying lack of enthusiasm?"
Speakers: Dejan Jovic, University of Stirling (UK) and Zagreb, chief political analyst for the president of Croatia; Josip Kregar, professor Faculty of Law, University Zagreb and vice-president of the Zagreb City Assembly; Dirk Lange, European Commission, DG Enlargement, Directorate B, Unit Croatia, Head of Unit
Moderator: Vedran Horvat, Head of Office in Croatia, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Zagreb
 
You can download reports by Josip Kregar and Dejan Jović here
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Twenty Years After: Post-Communist Countries and European Integration – October 21, 2009 - In the words of the Polish journalist and dissident, Adam Michnik, 1989 was Europe's annus mirabilis. The peaceful revolution of that year was a miracle effected by the people in central and eastern Europe. more»