Slovenia: "Very funny" if Croatia joins Schengen

Slovenia on Monday warned fellow EU member Croatia that failure to implement the Piran ruling will amount to a breach of the EU's rule of law, EurActiv.com reports.

The 11th edition of the Bled Strategic Forum opened yesterday with speeches by the country's president, Borut Pahor, its prime minister, Miro Cerar, and foreign minister, Karl Erjavec. The Forum is increasingly building a reputation as a mini-Davos, opening the political season at the start of September.

All three speakers made references to the "rule of law" in the EU, which may have mistakenly been understood as criticism of Poland, the only EU country under the so-called "Rule of Law mechanism".

The unprecedented move by the European Commission against Poland, which started in January 2016 and has not concluded yet, is the first step in a potentially-punitive process aimed at buttressing democracy...