WikiLeaks cable exposes US-UK rift over Croatian accession to EU

[Modbert]

WikiLeaks cable exposes US-UK rift over Croatian accession to EU | World news | The Guardian

Britain's insistence on blocking Croatia's attempt to join the European Union until earlier this year enraged the Americans, who feared it could destabilise Croatia and wreck the accession chances of the rest of former Yugoslavia, US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks show.

The UK ambassador in the Croatian capital Zagreb agreed with US objections and encouraged the US state department to lean on the Foreign Office in London to force a U-turn, the American ambassador in Zagreb reported a year ago.

The dispute arose over the issue of Croatia's co-operation with the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, a key condition for Zagreb's EU membership bid. Negotiations with Brussels, five years old, are nearing completion and could conclude by next summer, making Croatia the 28th EU country by 2012.

This should be interesting to see how it turns out. Especially since it's now all out in the open.

 

[Political Junky]

Fascinating, look forward to further releases from Wikileaks.