Croatian Accession to the European Union: 
Institutional Challenges

“Monitoring the Process of Croatia’s Accession to the EU” is the title of a project launched in 2002 by the office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Zagreb in cooperation with the Institute of Public Finance. The principal aim of this research project is to have the different phases of the Croatian process of accession to the EU monitored and evaluated by Croatian researchers.

Like the first publication, this second report attempts to give the reader an in-depth view of some of the problems and political approaches in this context. Its concentrates on institutional aspects of policy and the legislation, as presented in the different chapters of the book.

 


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FOREWORD

Rüdiger Pintar

 

Croatian accession to the European Union: institutional challenges

Katarina Ott

 

MACROECONOMICS

Challenges of macroeconomic stability: a speed limit on Croatia's accession to the European Union?

Dubravko Mihaljek

 

BUDGETARY DEFICIT

Fiscal aspects of accession: can we anter the European Union with a budgetary deficit?

Judita Cuculić, Michael Faulend, Vedran Šošić

 

POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Poverty, inequality and social exclusion in the European Union and Croatia

Predrag Bejaković

 

THE RULE OF LAW AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM

The rule of law and the judicial system: court delays as a barrierr to accession

Alan Uzelac

 

GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Governance and public administration in the context of Croatian accession to the European Union

Marijana Bađun

 

The readiness of the public administration for European Union accession

Ana-Maria Boromisa

 

CONSUMER PROTECTION

Consumer protection in the process of European Union enlargement: challenges for Croatia

Aida Liha

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Environmental protection: public participation and access to information

Alida Ban

 

LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PROTECTION OF THE MINORITIES

The legal aspects of the protection of minorities in the process of stabilization and association

Snježana Vasiljević

 

SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Higher education in Croatia and requirements of the European Union

Darko Polšek

 

SOCIAL VALUES

Socio-cultural values, economic development and political stability as correlates of trust in the European Union

Ivan Rimac, Aleksandar Štulhofer

 

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