Croatia urged to reform as EU door remains shut[fr][de] 

Croatia expects to join the EU as a full member in 2009, but MEPs on 25 April 2007 stressed that the current EU institutional framework (Nice Treaty) needs to be reformed before any further enlargements take place.

An own-initiative Parliament report on Croatia's progress towards EU membership stresses that the country has already adopted key pieces of legislation in crucial areas such as public administration, the administration of courts and anti-corruption policy, but urges the country to make further reforms.

The report, adopted with an overwhelming majority, urges Croatia to co-opearate more with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on the ongoing search for war criminals and to make further efforts in areas such as reform of the judiciary and the transition to a market economy. In particular, Croatian authorities are urged to comply with "the agreed targets for the sale of minority and majority state-owned interests in companies". 

Croatia is also invited to implement both Community environmental legislation and respect international agreements, such as the Århus Convention on public access to environmental information. In addition, it is encouraged to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases.