After six arduous years of talks on its bid for European Union membership, Croatia was told Friday that it should be able to join in 2013, but that its efforts to combat corruption and reform its judiciary will be monitored in the meantime in case they slip.
Held back for years by its failure to cooperate fully in the prosecution of war crimes suspects, Croatia was then pressed by the E.U. to make a host of changes, including reforms to its judicial system.
On Friday it was judged to have finally met entry requirements, furthering the quest for it to become the 28th E.U. state — providing the bloc’s 27 nations agree to that timetable.
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