"It is very bad and unacceptable to try to bring into question, with superficial and tendentious analyses and politicking, one of the greatest objectives and achievements in Croatia's history," which involved almost the entire intellectual potential of the country, Jandrokovic said at a news conference which he said he had called to respond to frequent attempts to create in the public "an impression of secrecy, of bad negotiating and negative effects of EU membership on citizens' living standards."

"We are not denying anyone the right to be against Croatia's EU entry... but that will be decided by Croatian citizens in a referendum, so they must have objective and correct information," he added.

He said that Croatia's EU accession treaty would be published as soon as it was translated from English to Croatian, which would happen very soon, and that it would be made available to everyone. "From then on until the referendum, the public will have four months to find out what they want to know."

Jandrokovic also commented on what some media claim is stated in the treaty regarding war veterans, the Homeland War and the citizens' living standards.

There were "no negotiations whatsoever" about the 1991-1995 Homeland War, and war veterans' pensions were not and are not related to talks on EU accession, he said.

"It is a blatant lie that veterans' pensions will be reduced upon Croatia's EU entry."

As for the standard of living, which some media report are expected to fall due to the abolishment of the zero VAT rate, Jandrokovic said that one could not say, based on only one VAT rate, if citizens would live better or worse upon EU accession, adding that "other countries' experience has shown that upon EU entry their citizens started living better and their living standards started rising."

One VAT rate alone is not enough to say if the standard of living will be better or worse, and there are other measures that will compensate for it, he added.

He went on to say that the EU has a single VAT rate for real estate and land and that Croatia should adjust to it, adding that he did not believe that real estate and land in Croatia would become more expensive upon EU accession.

Asked by reporters if it was possible that people who do not speak Croatian would be able to work in public services, Jandrokovic said that he could not imagine, regardless of the fact that Croatia's labour market would be open and people from other countries would be able to work in Croatia, that someone who does not speak Croatian will be able to work in public services where Croatian is the official language.