Asked by the press on Wednesday about possible monitoring after the coming completion of accession negotiations with the European Union, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said the government had reiterated that it would work as hard after the completion of the talks as it had done so far and that it was already overseeing the processes under way together with the European Commission.
"Those are processes that must constantly be upgraded after EU accession as well," she said.
Kosor would not speculate on alleged resistance from Great Britain, the Netherlands and France to the completion of the negotiations, saying Croatia was in constant contact and working with all EU members. "We are currently arranging some bilateral meetings."
Asked if a festivity was being prepared in case Croatia wrapped up the entry talks, Kosor said it would be a "working celebration. But we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of independence and the completion of the negotiations would be a great gift to Croatia."
Asked about opposition leaders' support to the government for the completion of the negotiations, she said, "Some say they won't help Kosor and I say that this is a project for Croatia. This is about supporting Croatia and those who understand it will join in, while those who don't are standing still."
Kosor was speaking to the press after laying a laurel wreath at the bust of Croatian scientist Rudjer Boskovic in Zagreb on the 300th anniversary of his birth, saying he was "not only a Croatian, but a world mind that was ahead of his time."
Kosor said Boskovic, a Jesuit, scientist, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, surveyor, diplomat and poet, proved that "Croatia really belongs to the European civilisation."
Laurel wreaths were also laid by the ambassadors of the countries in which Boskovic lived and worked - Italy, Poland, Austria, Turkey, Great Britain, the US, Russia, and the Apostolic Nunciature.
