U Hrvatskoj su politički protivnici inicijative ustvrdili da tim sporazumima zapadna Evropa želi ponovno izgraditi ekonomske veze koje su nekad postojale u bivšoj Jugoslaviji -- čime bi se nakon ekonomske integracije osiguralo i političko spajanje.
In Croatia, political opponents of the initiative claimed that with these agreements, Western Europe was seeking to rebuild the economic ties that once existed in the former Yugoslavia -- making sure that after economic integration, political merging would follow.