{"id":37250,"date":"2025-04-24T18:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=37250"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:57:19","slug":"president-milanovic-on-eus-shortcomings-the-eu-has-got-no-energy-and-has-not-ventured-into-the-most-modern-technologies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-on-eus-shortcomings-the-eu-has-got-no-energy-and-has-not-ventured-into-the-most-modern-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 on EU\u2019s shortcomings: The EU has got no energy and has not ventured into the most modern technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended today a special session of the Municipal Council of the town of Kri\u017eevci on the occasion of Municipality Day. In his address, he mostly spoke of the position of the European Union in the modern world and Croatia\u2019s place in the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on the European Union, President Milanovi\u0107 referred to it as \u201cas nice, peaceful project, economically powerful and strong\u201d that was created in the decades after the Second World War as a response to the destruction and conflicts of the past century. He reminded that democracies afterwards embarked on a path of cooperation and development, and the EU was given a new impulse after the collapse of communist regimes in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still he warned of the changes that followed: \u201cThe European Union lacks people, it\u2019s old, and can\u2019t substitute them by importing a workforce in the way some states, the largest ones, imagined it. It looked great, but the past ten years have shown clearly that it isn\u2019t sustainable, and especially not sustainable in small countries such as ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President emphasized the EU\u2019s energy and technological shortcomings, especially in the context of global competitiveness: \u201cThe European Union has got no energy, they have to import it. The European Union has not ventured into the most modern technologies, the things that are changing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 is therefore sceptical of the future enlargement of the European Union, especially concerning neighbouring states and Ukraine: \u201cThe countries of the region are in such a state that the politics of the West will never accept them in the European Union, unfortunately. Ukraine is too big and volatile to even seriously discuss it, but they are still clouding the issue with some dishonest promises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of Croatia\u2019s place within the European Union, President Milanovi\u0107 stressed that membership has brought many benefits, but that Croatia must position itself strategically and realistically in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are and will remain part of this European Union, we no longer have any choice\u201d, the President noted, adding that the series of positive changes, namely record low unemployment is a direct consequence of the open labour market and membership in the European Union. Nevertheless, he warned of the limitations of that system: \u201cThe system is set up in such a way that it is very difficult to break through from the group of middle-income countries to the group of highest-income countries. That society is, unfortunately, exclusive, closed and has not been open to practically anyone for the last 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In concluding, the President called for national vigilance and strategic thinking in further development: \u201cWe must seize every development opportunity, but be fully aware that it will not last for very long and that the door will be closed to others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are the only ones who care about our own country\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated, calling for joint efforts in times where changes on the global scene are developing rapidly and uncertainly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the gathering in addition to President Milanovi\u0107 were the Mayor of Kri\u017eevci Mario Rajn, the Mayor of Koprivnica Mi\u0161el Jak\u0161i\u0107, Koprivnica-Kri\u017eevci County-prefect Darko Koren, the State Secretary in the Ministry of  Defence and delegate of the Prime Minister Branko Hrg, and the Head of the Municipality of Kalinovac and delegate of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Darko Sobota. Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 was the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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