It announces that the presidency will advocate talks with Albania and North Macedonia, both candidate countries, as well as with Bosnia and Herzegovina to obtain its status as a candidate country. Croatia will also encourage the fulfillment of the necessary criteria for the further progress of Montenegro and Serbia in their accession talks.
During its presidency, Croatia will work hard to reach an agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), a seven-year EU budget which is one of the most important tasks facing the EU.
Croatia's EU presidency coincides with the runoff of its presidential election on Sunday, as well as Brexit, which is supposed to happen at the end of the month.
Croatia has set aside 50 to 70 million euros (56 million to 78 million U.S. dollars) for its six-month rotating presidency, according to national broadcaster HRT. The renovation of the National and University Library in Zagreb, which will be used as the main conference venue during the presidency, has cost 95 million kuna (14.3 million U.S. dollars).
According to HINA, some 1,400 meetings of different levels will be held in the following six months, most of them taking place in Brussels. Some 160 events in relation to the presidency will be held in Croatia, including a summit meeting between the EU and the Western Balkans in May in Zagreb, while over 200 ministerial and technical level meetings will also take place in the country.
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