Sanader je rekao novinarima u nedjelju da je glavni razlog njegove ostavke bio taj što "nije bio spreman prodati teritoriju Hrvatske" kako bi se razriješio granični spor njegove zemlje sa susjednom Slovenijom u cilju njenog pridruživanja EU.
Sanader told reporters Sunday that the main reason for his resignation was that he "was not ready to sell Croatia's territory" to resolve his country's border dispute with neighbouring Slovenia, so that it could join the EU.