Croatia's Yes To EU

From USA Today:
"Croatia says 'yes' to joining European Union"

Croatia's state referendum commission says a majority of Croats have voted in favor of joining the debt-stricken European Union. Officials say that with about 30 percent of the ballot calculated, about 67 percent of those who took part in the referendum Sunday answered "yes" to the question: "Do you support the membership of the Republic of Croatia in the European Union?" About 32 percent were against, while the rest of the ballots were invalid. About 42 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum, illustrating voters' apathy toward the 27-nation bloc. Croatia signed an EU accession treaty last year and will become its 28th member in July 2013 after all the bloc's states ratify the deal.

^ I can understand why some Croatians didn't want to join the EU right now since it seems to be imploding - especially the Eurozone (which Croatia would eventually be forced to join) - but it seems the majority want to be in the EU. Croatia will be the second former Yugoslav republic (after Slovenia) to be in the EU. I looked at the results for the different regions and saw that the referendum just passed in the Dubrovnik area. I was there in December 2010 and really liked the people and the area and was a little surprised to see that they didn't really want to be in the EU. Hopefully, when Croatia joins the EU next year things will be better and the country will prosper. ^

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2012-01-22/croatia-european-union/52744436/1