尽管某些东正教多数国家 — — 包括希腊、保加利亚和罗马尼亚 — — 已经加入欧盟，但克罗地亚和斯洛文尼亚等唯一加入欧盟的后南斯拉夫国家均以信仰天主教为主，这样的现实助长了负面解读。
Although some Eastern Orthodox-majority countries – Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania – have acceded to the EU, the only post-Yugoslav countries to join – Croatia and Slovenia – are predominantly Catholic, a reality that feeds a counterproductive narrative.