Pernar: Croatians see no advantages in EU membership, only major disillusions

In what may become another huge headache for the EU, Croatia is waking up to the fact that it has no say in the EU and is forced to accept directives from Brussels, a local lawmaker told Sputnik.

"We had been assured that we would make decisions on equal terms at the European table. However when we joined the EU, we only found out that nothing depends on us. The EU makes all the decisions which we are obliged to put into practice in strict compliance with orders from Brussels," Ivan Pernar, Croatian politician and founding member of Human Shield political party, told Sputnik Serbia.

"Our agriculture has virtually died since we joined the EU and our customs duties were removed. The population of the country has shrunk and unemployment has risen," he added.

The politician said that according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 185...