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Croatia at the Door of the EU: Current Risks and New Possibilities

The Republic of Croatia is facing dilemmas (developmental, political, and social) related to its impending full membership in the European Union (EU). For its part, the EU is fatigued by the existing and future expansions, especially from the aspect of the process of harmonizing viewpoints and decision-making, while in the Republic of Croatia there are present economic and social consequences of an insufficiently successful transition. What must be done to find a way to transform the economic crisis, national and global, into a chance for development is the basic scientific-research interest of this work. The authors are convinced that on the basis of best practices achieved by individual group of countries to date, such a step forward can be made in the Republic of Croatia, especially by the used of new potential available with its upcoming membership in the EU.

global economic crisis, national economic crisis, EU membership, EU 2020, Euro plus pact, public policies, development models, competitiveness

RePEc, EconPapers, Socionet, EBSCOhost