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Accession Of Croatia To The EU

EDM number 318 in 2013-14, proposed by Keith Vaz on 01/07/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Eastern Europe and EU enlargement.

That this House welcomes the enlargement of the European Union with Croatia's accession as the 28th member state; acknowledges that two-thirds of the Croatian population voted in favour of this accession in 2012; notes that Croatia is a country of rich cultural heritage, bringing to Europe additional diversity and a new language; further notes that this will provide a more diverse labour market and has the potential to create 300,000 jobs across EU member states; and urges the Government to do all it can to ensure that Croatia becomes a productive and successful EU member state.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz01/07/2013Leicester EastLabourProposed
Alan Meale02/07/2013MansfieldLabourSeconded
Martin Caton02/07/2013GowerLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin02/07/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Hugh Bayley02/07/2013York CentralLabourSeconded
Jonathan Edwards02/07/2013Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Peter Bottomley03/07/2013Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock04/07/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams04/07/2013Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell08/07/2013Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming15/07/2013Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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