Croatia, the only one among the five to have submitted its application for EU membership, hopes to join the EU together with Bulgaria and Romania in early 2007 and is urging the Union to judge aspirant countries on the basis of their individual merits and achievements.
Hrvatska, jedina od ovih pet zemalja koja je podnela zahtev za prijem u EU, nada se da će pristupiti EU početkom 2007. godine, zajedno sa Rumunijom i Bugarskom, i apeluje na Uniju da vrednuje kandidate na osnovu pojedinačnih zasluga i uspeha.