With a unanimous decision of the European Council, Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union!
On the 14th September, the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Turkey presented their applications to the European Council to become members of the European Union. After seven hours of heated debate in the Council and the European Parliament, lists of conditions for accession were formulated and communicated to the representatives of the two candidate countries. Afterwards, Croatia and Turkey talked with the Commission, in order to establish tentative accession treaties, which were then presented to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The Croatian one was accepted unanimously, thanks to Zagreb’s commitment to the improvement of democratic institutions and guarantees on minority rights. However, the application of Turkey was put on hold because of insufficient progress concerning the recognition of the Armenian genocide, the rights of the Kurds and the separation of religion from the State. Nevertheless, an unexpected breakthrough was reached regarding the recognition of Cyprus as one State with two different nationalities.
In their closing speeches, both the president of the European Commission and the chairman of the Parliament reaffirmed the target of eventually welcoming Turkey as a full member of the Union. Finally, an unexpected guest speaker, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, with his unique French accent and under constant applause, reminded everyone that politics in a simulation game is even funnier than in real life!
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