By applying to join the Union, he said, Croatia has reaffirmed its European vocation and has declared that the long and trying period of war, division and nationalism is truly over.
Podnoseći zahtev za članstvo u Uniji, dodao je Prodi, Hrvatska je potvrdila svoju evropsku orijentaciju i objavila da je dug i mučan period rata, podela i nacionalizma zaista završen.