Croatia on Tuesday (19 April) concluded negotiations in two more areas, agriculture and budgetary issues, getting closer to finishing EU accession talks by the end of June, despite a rise in anti-EU sentiments after the sentence issued by the international court in the Hague for war crimes.
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"In these politically difficult times, it is extremely important we send a positive message to each Croatian citizen and to each EU citizen," Hungarian foreign minister Janos Martonyi said during a press conference after chairing the EU-Croatia accession conference.
Martonyi said the target of completing negotiations by the end of June is "ambitious, but achievable," provided Croatia steps up efforts in fighting corruption and organised crime and in co-operating with the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague.
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