"2009 will show the concrete results of the international position of Croatia, not only through our membership in UN's Security Council, NATO membership and Roadmap for ending the negotiations with the EU by the end of the year but through our commitment to fulfill all the democratic standards, showing that we are ready to implement the standards of the rule of law, social justice and solidarity," Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said in his New Year's speech.
"2009. će pokazati konkretne rezultate međunarodnog položaja Hrvatske, ne samo kroz naše članstvo u Savetu bezbednosti UN, NATO i kroz plan za okončanje pregovora sa EU do kraja godine, već i kroz naš trud da ispunimo sve demokratske standarde i pokažemo da smo spremni da primenimo standarde vladavine prava, socijalne pravde i solidarnosti", rekao je hrvatski premijer Ivo Sanader u svom novogodišnjem govoru.