AFA Press interviews Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia

AFA Press had the occasion to interview recently Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia Branko Brcic under the government of Zoran Milanović. He assumed the office on December 2011, as well as the newly-created position of Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds.

One of the points he highlights is that one of Croatians priorities nowadays is to ease and empower foreign private investment. In his own words, they are “trying to do whatever we can within the framework of our macroeconomic policy to create better connections in terms of enhancing the business climate and removing specific obstacles,” he said. One of Brcic’s roles is to coordinate economic investment and EU funds.

In order to prioritize, classify and structure, he has established three operational groups whose main aim is eliminating the obstacles and barriers investors may find when in Croatia.

Brcic also had time to thank Great Britain’s attitude in the Croatian process to reach the EU, especially in the issues related with the confrontation with Slovenia, frontier-related problem that, as he recognized to AFA Press, the Deputy Prime Minister identifies as one of the main barriers for the Croatian incorporation.