Croatia – the path from Yugoslavia to the EU – Future: Success or wash-out?

Abstract

Croatia joined to the European Union as the 28 th member state on June the 1 th 2013. With this it became the second ex-yugoslavian country to be part of the European elite. Croatia’s long road from being part of a socialist state conglomerate to become the newest member of the EU was not just winding but often and still it is shaky.