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.
U Hrvatskoj, politički protivnici inicijative tvrdili su da tim ugovorima Zapadna Evropa želi da obnovi ekonomske veze koje su postojale u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, da bi posle ekonomske integracije usledila i politička.