Croatia: Referendum on EU Accession, 22 January 2012: Croatia’s 20-year journey from independence to EU accession

Features previewing and reporting on the results on the referendum in Croatia on the 22 January 2012 on whether the country should join the European Union.

EurActiv, 20.1.12: Tensions grow ahead of Croatia's EU referendum http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/tensions-grow-ahead-croatias-eu-referendum-news-510262

ESO: Background information: Croatians set to back EU membership http://www.europeansources.info/record/croatians-set-to-back-eu-membership-croatians-vote-yes-to-join-eu/

EUObserver, 19.1.12: Croatia: new EU member on the horizon http://euobserver.com/9/114947

ESO: Background information: Majority of Croatians favour EU accession according to poll http://www.europeansources.info/record/majority-of-croatians-favour-eu-accession-according-to-poll/

Wikipedia: Croatian European Union membership referendum, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2012

IFES: Election Guide: Croatia, Referendum, 22 January 2012 http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=2171

Daily Telegraph, 15.1.12: Croatia suffers jitters over joining troubled EU http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/9014825/Croatia-suffers-jitters-over-joining-troubled-EU.html

Tportal, 20.1.12: Joining the Union with little enthusiasm (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1420461-joining-union-little-enthusiasm

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