A joint bid by France and Germany to save euro countries from bankruptcy through a change in the European Union treaty could help Croatia secure a target date for accession.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won support from French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week for a new treaty provision to set up an EU crisis management mechanism.
The two leaders want the necessary changes to the EU's basic law to be agreed by the European Council next spring so that ratification in all 27 m...
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