In the meantime, the progress made by Macedonia in gaining candidate status, and especially that made by Croatia in starting membership negotiations, have sent hopeful signals to other SEE countries.
U međuvremenu, napredak Makedonije na polju dobivanja statusa kandidata, te pogotovo pokretanje pregovora o pridruživanju s Hrvatskom, šalju pozitivne signale ostalim zemljama jugoistočne Europe.