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ZAGREB (AFP) – Croatia on Saturday celebrated 20 years of independence, buoyed by an offer from the European Union to take in the former Yugoslav republic as its 28th member in 2013.
"We celebrate two decades of Croatia's modern statehood strengthened by the success in achieving a strategic goal -- Croatia's return home, where we belong, to Europe," Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor told a special government session in Zagreb.
She stressed that the goal was marked out "two decades ago when we took our independent path."
Croatia and its neighbour Slovenia declared their independence from communist Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991 -- heralding the start of the multi-ethnic federation's break-up in a series of wars in the 1990s.
A recent opinion poll showed that although 38 percent of Slovenians and 43 percent of Croatians believed they lived in worse conditions than 20 years ago, more than 90 percent in both countries said the decision for independence had been the right one.
"It was the only path because the former country did not function any more. Unfortunately our political elites were not up to the task so today we are not where we had hoped to be -- neither economically nor socially," Nenad Todoric, 49, told AFP in Zagreb.
Marta Dujmovic echoed his view, shared by many ordinary Croatians.
"Much more should have been done, taking into account our potential, only if they were not stealing so much," the 44-year-old administrator said, referring to widespread corruption and abuse of power.
EU leaders said on Friday that after "intensive efforts", Croatia was ready to conclude lengthy accession talks by the end of June, paving the way for it to join the bloc on July 1, 2013.
The move, which raised the hopes of other Balkan nations aspiring to join the EU, came 16 years after the end of Croatia's 1991-1995 war.
While Slovenia was allowed to go its own way after 10 days of clashes, Croatia faced fierce opposition from Belgrade-backed rebel Serbs who opposed its independence.
The 1991-1995 war claimed some 20,000 lives and Saturday's ceremonies will include a gathering of top officials in the eastern town of Vukovar, which was captured by rebel Serb forces backed by the Yugoslav army after a brutal three-month-long siege. The town has become a symbol of Croatia's suffering during the war.
Croatia was held back following the war by the authoritarian and nationalist rule of the country's first president, Franjo Tudjman.
As well as thwarting democratic reforms, Tudjman's regime allowed fraudulent privatisations that nearly ruined the country's economy, already hard-hit by the war.
It was after Tudjman's death in December 1999 that Croatia started its transformation into a genuine parliamentary democracy striving to join Europe.
Croatia will be the second former Yugoslav republic to join the EU after Slovenia, which has been a member of the bloc since 2004.
However, many ordinary Croats do not share the enthusiasm.
A recent poll showed an increase of EU supporters to 51.2 percent but opponents, on 42.7 percent, remain a strong force.
"The EU is a necessary option if we want to make progress. However, I'm not certain how it will really change things for the better," Dora Plenic, a 21-year-old law student, said.
Later on Saturday, President Ivo Josipovic is to host a dinner in Zagreb for his Slovenian and Hungarian counterparts, Danilo Turk and Pal Schmitt.
Yugoslavia consisted of six republics -- Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. All of them are now independent states, including Kosovo, although Belgrade does not recognise its former southern province.
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