ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF THE CROATIAN INTEGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

European Union as a regional integration for most of the European countries represents path towards economic and social progress. On their way to European Union membership, candidate countries need to pass through the certain accession negotiations in order to harmonize their regulations and laws in accordance with the requirements of the European Union. Paper deals with benefits and challenges of the Croatian integration in the European Union while the special emphasize has given to the economic effects of the integration. The aim of the paper is to present the economic effects of the Croatian integration in the European Union by the review of the relevant literature while the purpose is to point out the key problems and obstacles that do not allow stronger economic development of the Croatia as the member of the European Union. According to the research, it can be concluded that rise of export has been one of its most positive impact from its accession in the European Union until now. The export is of extreme importance for faster and stronger Croatian economic growth and development while it is important to work on its better structure and competitiveness of Croatian economy in a manner to generate its further growth.