Croatian EU membership application received a strong boost from Germany yesterday.
During a visit to the capital, Zagreb, on 30 October, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder expressed his "wholehearted support" for Croatia’s ambitious bid to become an EU member in 2007.
He said Croatia had already caught up with Romania and Bulgaria - expected to join the EU in 2007 - "and we support that date for Croatia too".
Croatia filed its application for membership in February.
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