In Slovenia - possible referendum about Croatian joining European Union. Does Slovenia really threats Croatia with it or it's just its political acrobatics? Having heard the statement of Slovenian prime Minster Janez Janša given to RTV Slovenia, the question almost pops up by itself.
While US president George Bush welcomes Croatia into Nato, seams like Slovenia still playing around figuring how to prevent Croatia entering the European Union. Janša said that Slovenian interest is Croatian membership in the EU. But, in the same, he declares if the issue regarding boundary-line between Croatia and Slovenia wouldn't be solved or at least on the proper way to achieving that settlement, everything is possible in Slovenia. As the agreement on entering European Union should be ratify by every country member of EU, he stated, there is a possibility that Slovenia would issue a referendum on which Slovenians would decide about Croatian entering EU or not.
Why Janša put on the table one of his, so called, political threatening aces against Croatia, and is it a political ace at all? At the moment when Slovenia preside over EU, and in the same time when because of its political behavior some rumors goes around to forbid it chairman position forever, is Janša so sure that Slovenians would gamble together with him up to the end, its own position in EU by this political poker game of his?
What's the story laying behind this one? What's really bothers Slovenian prime minister?
Croatia recently succeeds to create a very concrete plan for solving the boundary-line issue between Croatia and Monte Negro. In not so distant past Monte Negro was the country that under Milošević's and Serbian command attacked Croatian territory (Dubrovnik etc.), and against which country Croatia was in the war defending its own territories. In spite all of that these two countries, yesterday enemies, today in peace succeeded to define mutual interest way for solving this boundary issue, while in the same time Slovenia who was all the way through in peaceful relations with Croatia is still running in the same circle of its one-way interests.
In other words it seams that negotiation success between Croatia and Monte Negro slap in the face Janša's policy, now openly showing his through years continual political inability of constructive approach in solving the same issue with Croatia.
Is Janša a good political poker player by threatening with Slovenian referendum about Croatia's entering EU, and is it a real threat to Croatia at all, time will show sooner than latter.
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