Slovenia - Croatia

Slovenia to ratify Croatia's EU Treaty next Tuesday

26.03.2013 u 16:58

Bionic
Reading

Slovenian Parliament on Tuesday defined the agenda for its regular session which is scheduled to start on Wednesday and according to which Croatia's Treaty of Accession with the European Union will be ratified at the end of the session next Tuesday.

According to the agenda, the session will be opened by Question Time during which new Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek will for the first time answer question by deputies, Parliament Speaker Janko Veber said.

Slovenia is in the last group of EU member countries to ratify Croatia's accession treaty. The ratification bill was supported by the Slovenian foreign affairs committee last week. The two countries' government last week signed a memorandum to resolve the Ljubljanska Banka issue which paved the way for the ratification of the treaty in the Slovenian parliament.

A two-third majority is necessary for the document to be ratified, Veber said he expected the arrival of top Croatia officials for the ratification of the document in the Slovenian parliament.

According to Radio Slovenia, the session will be attended by Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic.