De palcodia nacional do futebolcombates a novo sócio: Croácia entra na União Europeia:dia nacional do futebol
dia nacional do futebol The European Union now has 28 member states. Croatia officially joined on Monday after a process that lasted almost a decade. Thousands of people attended a special event in the capital Zagreb to mark the occasion. But the new era has been greeted cautiously by both locals and foreign officials.
dia nacional do futebol Reporter: Guy De Launey
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As the clock struck midnight, the dia nacional do futebol anthem of the European Union rang out across Zagreb's main square and at last Croatia completed its journey from dia nacional do futebol combat zone of the former Yugoslavia to member of Europe's biggest club.
But this was not entirely dia nacional do futebol an ode to joy. Zagreb's main square was hardly packed for most of the coming-out party. And that reflects the dia nacional do futebol ambivalence many people here now feel about membership. After the dia nacional do futebol prolonged economic crisis, the EU no longer looks like dia nacional do futebol the promised land Croatia applied to join a decade ago.
Likewise, the new member's own economic troubles have caused concern among the other 27 states. Visiting foreign ministers stressed the EU's role as a builder of peace rather than dia nacional do futebol prosperity. A good point, bearing in mind Croatia's recent past. But also, perhaps, dia nacional do futebol a diplomatic fig-leaf.
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dia nacional do futebol anthem official song of a particular country or organisation
dia nacional do futebol combat zone battleground during war
dia nacional do futebol an ode to joy a song about happiness (also, the title of the European Union anthem)
dia nacional do futebol ambivalence having positive and negative feelings at the same time
dia nacional do futebol prolonged continuing for a long time
dia nacional do futebol the promised land a place where people expect to find complete happiness
dia nacional do futebol prosperity financial success / having lots of money
dia nacional do futebol a diplomatic fig-leaf a political idea or action that covers up an embarrassing issue
