State Secretary at the MFAEI Pejčinović Burić took part at the Europa Forum at the European Parliament, Strasbourg

The panel “Europe’s New Partners: European and Transatlantic Partnerships”, that also saw the participation of Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations, Ingo Friedrich, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Craig Roberts Stapleton, US Ambassador to France, and Oleg Shamshur, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, pointed out that the SAP countries have a clear perspective of the EU membership.

As regards Croatia, it was said that the opening of the accession negotiations is very likely, considering what Croatia has done so far. In that regard, State Secretary Pejčinović Burić pointed out that the start of the negotiations is important not only for Croatia, but for the other countries in the region as well, as that would give them additional impetus to follow the same path and continue with the reforms undertaken.

This 8th Europa Forum focused on discussing the political and economic perspectives of the EU, the future of the European model of a social state, strategies for the development of European and transatlantic partnerships, and the future of the European Constitution.