Chorvatsko a Evropská unie po roce 2000

The contribution is focused on development of relations between the Republic of Croatia and European Union since 2000 till these days. It attempts to describe the most important moment on the Croatia´s way to European Union. During the research the official sources produced by European Union and its institutions – European Commission, European Council and European Parliament – were used. The press releases and reports were used as well. For describing the Croatian point of view the documents produced by the Croatian institutions (Government, Parliament...), but also the Croatian press and statements of politics and well known people who have the strong influence on public were important. This contribution tries to describe the main points, changes and complications in relations between the Union and Croatia, to analyze its reasons and consequences and to describe the milestones during the negotiations process.