The draft resolution on the Comprehensive Monitoring Report on Croatia's state of preparedness for EU membership was put together by the European Parliament's Rapporteur on Croatia, Czech Social Democrat Libor Roucek.

The draft invites the remaining EU members that have not yet ratified the Croatian accession treaty "to proceed in a timely manner" and appeals to Croatia and its neighbours "to actively engage in the resolution of outstanding bilateral disputes," recalling that "issues of a bilateral nature must not be used to impede the integration processes of current or future applicant countries."

Member states are called upon "to decide on transitional provisions limiting the access of Croatian workers to their national labour markets strictly on the basis of factual information and only in cases of serious labour market disturbance."

Roucek recommends to the European Parliament to welcome Croatia as the 28th member of the EU on July 1, 2013 and to express its confidence in "the strength and maturity of Croatia's democracy and social market economy, its adherence to European values, and capacity to fulfill the obligations of membership."

The draft resolution notes that Croatia is on track to meet the outstanding requirements as regards the final preparations for membership and calls on the Croatian government to complete the 10 specific tasks singled out in the Commission's Comprehensive Monitoring Report.

The document reaffirms "the centrality of an independent judiciary and the rule of law in strengthening democracy and supporting investment and economic activity" and encourages Croatia "to take further action to improve the independence and the efficiency of its judicial system, inter alia by reducing the number of backlog cases and by upgrading legislation on decision enforcement."

It "notes with satisfaction that Croatia has put in place a solid institutional and legal framework for combating corruption" and calls on the Croatian authorities "to make full use of the existing instruments to ensure unbiased and successful prosecutions and court rulings, including in high-profile cases, in order to affirm the citizens' trust in the rule of law and public institutions."

The European Parliament invites the government to make the newly created Conflict of Interest Commission operational and to fully implement the legislative package on public procurement and party financing. It also calls on the Croatian authorities to remain vigilant in ensuring that human rights are fully respected, while combating all forms of discrimination and acts of intolerance against national minorities, migrants, LGBT persons and other minority groups.

The draft observes that Croatia is adequately prepared for the future management and implementation of operations financed by the EU Structural and Cohesion funds and reminds the member states, in the context of the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework, of the EU's commitments to Croatia and its citizens as regards future assistance in economic and regional development.

The European Parliament encourages Croatia to intensify domestic efforts to prosecute war crimes, and makes a strong appeal to Croatia and Serbia "to cooperate in good faith on the prosecution of war crimes in order to achieve justice and true reconciliation in the region."