Croatia officially joined the EU on 1 July 2013.&nbsp;Croatia became&nbsp;the 20th&nbsp;member of the eurozone on January 1, 2023&nbsp;with the adoption fo the euro.

Croatia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia and has been an independent country since 1991. Croatia is a parliamentary republic in which the prime minister and the president represent the executive power and the state at home and abroad.

Croatia has 11 MEPs in the European Parliament.

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Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister, is the second EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Tuesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

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	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minist

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Split (Croatia) - Meeting with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister

10 years of Croatia in EU event

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - Meeting with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President in the Plenary session of the Croatian Parliament - Hrvatski Sabor

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - Town Hall with Young People

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - Meeting with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Croatia (Zagreb) - 10-year of Croatia's EU Membership event

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIC, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

First Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform

Press conference on Parliament's opinion on Croatia's accession to the Euro

EP Plenary session - Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Andrej PLENKOVIC, Prime Minister of Croatia

EP Plenary session - This is Europe - Debate with Andrej PLENKOVIC, Prime Minister of Croatia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Andrej PLENKOVIC, Prime Minister of Croatia

ECON Committee - Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023

Roberta METSOLA, ad interim EP President meets with Andrej PLENKOVIC, Croatian Prime Minister

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Andrej PLENKOVIC, Croatian Prime Minister- Joint statement

First publication of available national estimates from Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta at 19.20. On Sunday 9th June 2024, the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels transforms into a press room on the occasion of the election night. Over several hours, journalists from all over Europe follow the results thanks to national estimates and exit polling data. From 6 to 9 June 2024, around 360 million Europeans are called to the polls to elect the 720 members of the next European Parliament. The constitutive session of the newly elected Parliament will take place in July, in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

European Elections Night 2024 - First publication of available national estimates from Bulgaria, Croatia and Malta

This news item shows excerpts from Croatian voters arriving at polling stations, casting their ballots, and engaging in civic duty in a wine cellar in Dvorac Pongratz (Croatia). Citizens of Croatia elect their 12 representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections on 9th of June. The newly elected Members, representing all EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors. They decide on the composition of Parliament's standing and sub committees - thereby launching the new legislative term.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling station in a wine cellar in Dvorac Pongratz (Croatia)

This news item shows Croatian voters arriving at polling stations, casting their ballots, and engaging in civic duty in Zagreb Old Town (Croatia). In addition, this news includes exterior shots of the city of Zagreb (Croatia). Citizens of Croatia elect their 12 representatives to the European Parliament during the European elections on 9th of June. The newly elected Members, representing all EU citizens until 2029, meet in July to elect their President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors. They decide on the composition of Parliament's standing and sub committees - thereby launching the new legislative term.

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Zagreb Old Town (Croatia)

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. After the meeting, EP President gives a speech at the Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor).

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia): meeting with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament and extracts from the address in the Plenary session

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. Together, they hold a press point right before their address to the plenary session of the Croatian Parliament. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against devliery.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives a speech at the Croatian Parliament Hrvatski Sabor. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against devliery.

Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Croatian Parliament Hrvatski Sabor

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets and exchanges views on European Union with young people, at the Town Hall. Extracts from the event.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia): extracts from the Town Hall with Young People

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates to the 10-years of Croatia's EU Membership event. Later she meets with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister. Extracts of the event and of the meeting.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia): extracts from the 10-years of Croatia's EU Membership event, and meeting with Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Croatian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Extracts from the arrival, welcome and roundtable. After the meeting, Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ gives a statement.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Gordan JANDROKOVIĆ, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament: arrival, welcome, roundtable and joint statement

Plenary back Croatia’s Schengen accession. MEPs agree that the country already fulfils the necessary conditions to join the free-travel zone, and the Council must now take a unanimous decision to lift the remaining border controls between the Schengen area and Croatia. Extracts from the debate in the plenary.

Council decision on Schengen acquis in Croatia: extracts from the debate and the vote

Draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia closing statements. Closing statements by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life and by Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT).

Draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia: closing statements by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission

MEPs debate on the Draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia.

Draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia: MEPs debate

Opening statements by Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT), Rapporteur and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life on the draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia.

Draft Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Croatia: opening statements by Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT), Rapporteur and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission

&lt;p>Press conference by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), rapporteur and Margarida MARQUES (S&amp;D, ES) hold a press conference in Strasbourg on the Parliament's opinion on Croatia's accession to the Euro, on the 1 January 2023.&lt;/p>

Press conference by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), rapporteur and Margarida MARQUES (S&D, ES) on Parliament's opinion on Croatia's accession to the Euro

Members are voting on Temporary measures, in view of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine, Identification of the violation of Union restrictive measures as crimes under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, Exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, Digital Services Act - Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D,DK), Digital Markets Act - Andreas SCHWAB (EPP,DE), Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023 - Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP,RO), EU/Cook Islands Sustainable Fisheries Partnership / Agreement and Implementation. Protocol (2021-2024) - Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR (EPP, PT), Temporary trade liberalisation measures for Moldova, Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ), Women’s poverty in Europe - Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ (S&D,ES),...

Voting session including reports on Digital Services Act by Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK), on Digital Markets Act by Andreas SCHWAB (EPP, DE) and on the adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023 by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO)

The draft report MEPs discuss and vote on endorses Croatia’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2023 and states that “Croatia fulfils all the criteria for adopting the euro as a result of ambitious, determined, credible and sustainable efforts by the Croatian Government and the Croatian people”. Closing statements by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), Rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy.

Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023: closing statements by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), Rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

The draft report MEPs discuss and vote on endorses Croatia’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2023 and states that “Croatia fulfils all the criteria for adopting the euro as a result of ambitious, determined, credible and sustainable efforts by the Croatian Government and the Croatian people”.

Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023: MEPs debate

The draft report MEPs discuss and vote on endorses Croatia’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2023 and states that “Croatia fulfils all the criteria for adopting the euro as a result of ambitious, determined, credible and sustainable efforts by the Croatian Government and the Croatian people”. Opening statement by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), Rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy.

Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023: opening statements by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), Rapporteur and by Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy

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