MY DREAM IAS !

Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union. Croatia is the first country to join the EU since 2007, when bulgaria and Romania came on board, and only the second of the seven ex-Yugoslav states after Slovenia which part of the big bang eastward enlargement in 2004. The path to join has been more exacting, with EU having learnt that once countries join the bloc they lose momentum to reform , and particularly, to tackle corruption. It had applied for EU membership in 2003.