The country is scheduled to begin its membership talks with the Union on 17 March, but the EU has made that conditional on Zagreb's full co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and particularly on the handover of fugitive General Ante Gotovina.
Zemlja bi, kako je planirano, 17. ožujka trebala započeti razgovore o učlanjenju u Uniju, ali je EU to uvjetovala punom suradnjom Zagreba s Međunarodnim kaznenim sudom za bivšu Jugoslaviju (ICTY), a posebice predajom odbjeglog generala Ante Gotovine.