Hrvatska, koja je otpočela svoje pregovore o pristupanju s Briselom u oktobru 2005, sad je spremna da postane druga republika bivše Jugoslavije koja se pridružuje EU, nakon ulaska Slovenije u sklopu velike ekspanzije bloka 2004.
Croatia, which began its accession talks with Brussels in October 2005, is now set to become the second former Yugoslav republic to join the EU, after Slovenia's entry as part of the bloc's big-bang expansion in 2004.