Croatia and the European Union relations

Croatia	European Union

Politics of Croatia
Constitution Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia
Executive President (list) Zoran Milanović Cabinet (list) Prime Minister: Andrej Plenković
Legislative Sabor (parliament) Speaker: Gordan Jandroković Current members Opposition Leader: Peđa Grbin
Judiciary Supreme Court Constitutional Court State's Attorney Office National Judicial Council
Political parties in Sabor Bloc for Croatia (BLOK) Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Demochristian Party (HDS) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD) Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) Croatian Sovereignists (HS) Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia (DZMH) Homeland Movement (DP) Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) New Left (NL) People's Party - Reformists (NS-R) Social Democratic Party (SDP) The Bridge (MOST) We can! (Možemo) Workers' Front (RF)
Elections and referendums Recent elections Presidential: 2014–15 2019–20 2024 Parliamentary: 2016 2020 2024 Local: 2017 2021 European: 2014 2019 2024 Recent referendums 1991 (independence) 2012 (EU membership) 2013 (constitution)
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Croatia has been a member of the European Union since 2013.

History

The accession of Croatia to the European Union was completed in 2013.

Croatia first hosted the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2020.

The country adopted the euro as its currency in 2023.

Sources

• "Croatia - country profile". European Union. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
• Office for International and European Affairs (ed.). "Kronologija važnijih datuma u procesu pristupanja Hrvatske Europskoj uniji" [Chronology of important dates in the process of Croatia's accession to the European Union] (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
• Jurčić, Ljubo (2015). "Stanje hrvatskog gospodarstva - Hrvatska u Europskoj uniji" [The state of the Croatian economy - Croatia in the European Union]. Economic Review (in Croatian). Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista. 66 (6). ISSN 1848-9494 – via Hrčak.
• Jurčić, Ljubo (2019). "Hrvatska stagnira u Europskoj uniji" [Croatia’s stagnation in the EU]. Economic Review (in Croatian). Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista. 70 (6). ISSN 1848-9494 – via Hrčak.
• Buturac, Goran (2019). "Gospodarski rast, konvergencija i članstvo u EU: Empirijski dokazi iz Hrvatske" [Economic growth, convergence and EU membership: Empirical evidence from Croatia]. Economic Review (in Croatian). Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista. 70 (2). ISSN 1848-9494 – via Hrčak.
• Materljan, Igor (2019). "Hrvatski predmeti na sudovima europske unije" [Croatian cases before EU courts]. Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences Yearbook (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences. X (1). ISSN 1849-0778 – via Hrčak.
• Samodol, Ante (2021). "Demografske promjene i mirovinski sustavi u Europskoj uniji: primjer Hrvatske" [Demographic change and pension systems in the EU ‑ case of Croatia]. International studies (in Croatian). Zagreb: Libertas international university. XXI (1). ISSN 2459-623X – via Hrčak.