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Opinion about the EU
hoopla:
"Without a clear vision of
who Croatians are and what they want"
CROWN
http://www.croatianworld.net/CROWNframes.htm?http://www.croatianworld.net/Letters/4361.htm
Dear Sanja,
You could not have said it better! Exactly my
opinion about the EU hoopla and the whole idea of
rushing into joining it without much thought of what
it really entails. Yes, it is SAD, clearly showing a
lack of self respect! When are they going to wake up
over there and be proud of their own nation? We are
Slavs - not slaves, enough of this inferiority
complex!
Best regards,
Hilda
Dear all,
For all you who can read Croatian, below is some
non-news -- the Croatian govt raised the EU flag
next to the Croatian flag in Jelacic Square in
Zagreb in a whoop-de-doo ceremony.
SAD! It is so pathetic that now Croats can only feel
good about themselves if they wrap themselves up in
other peoples' symbols. Their own are just not good
enough. It seems that all efforts and all activities
are just EU-oriented without a clear vision of who
Croats are and what they want.
But EU membership is not a magic bullet and if
Croatia carries on like it is it will only be
another disappointment in half-baked federalism. It
will not automatically create jobs or make Croatia
rich. It will not make Croatia more respected or
help it achieve its political goals. Only a clear
vision of enlightened national self-interest can do
that. But that is too much like hard work and
responsibility, and after all Croats are only
children. Their EU betters will know what to do.
After all, they are German, or English, or French,
or whatever. Much more civilized. Lowly Slavs can't
figure out how to tie their shoes without EU
instruction.
Isn't it time Croatia stopped looking for a benign
colonizer or for a foreign savior? When will Croats
decide that the only security is to save themselves?
Message to the succession of Peter Pans who have run
the Croatian govt -- GROW UP!
That ends our polemic for today.
Best wishes
Sanja
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ZAGREB, 19. lipnja 2004. (Hina) - Dobivanje statusa
kandidata za punopravno clanstvo u Europskoj uniji
Hrvatska je sinoc proslavila svecanim koncertom na
središnjem trgu glavnoga grada, gdje je prvi put, uz
hrvatsku, podignuta i zastava te zajednice europskih
država.
Zastavu EU je, nakon izvodenja europske himne,
Beethovenove "Ode radosti", podigao na zagrebackom
Trgu bana Jelacica premijer Ivo Sanader, u cijoj je
pratnji bila supruga. Uz jarbol do kojeg su zastavu
donijela dvojica pripadnika pocasne garde stajali su
i predsjednik Republike i Sabora Stjepan Mesic i
Vladimir Šeks sa suprugama te potpredsjednica Vlade
Jadranka Kosor.
Uz više tisuca gradana na proslavi, koja je pocela
izvodenjem hrvatske himne "Lijepa naša domovino",
bili su svi clanovi Vlade, saborski zastupnici,
celnici parlamentarnih stranaka, te brojni
uglednici iz vjerskoga, javnoga i kulturnog života.
Kako je i najavljeno na svecanosti nije bilo govora
politicara.
Europsku himnu izveli su, pod vodstvom maestra
Vjekoslava Šuteja, Zagrebacki filharmonijski
orkestar i Pjevacki zbor Vatroslava Lisinskog.
U zabavnom dijelu nastupili su Vanna i Prljavo
kazalište, a sve je popraceno posebnim laserskim
šouom, zamjenom za vatromet.
Najavljujuci proslavu u Vladi su ranije istaknuli
kako troškove svecanosti nece snositi porezni
obveznici, nego sponzori - ugledne tvrtke koje vec
posluju na tržištu EU-a.
Europsko vijece odlucilo je u petak u Bruxellesu
promaknuti Hrvatsku u službenog kandidata za
clanstvo u EU i zakazati otvaranje pristupnih
pregovora pocetkom iduce godine.
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