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And, oddly, Croatia suggests that Greece enter into arbitration as Croatia agreed to with Slovenia. Maybe Croatia is much better protected than Cyprus was in arbitration in 2004, but since Croatia is outside the EU and Slovenia is in, I expect that the Croatian PM will be eating his words as the arbitrators (I assume the arbitration is binding) tilt heavily toward the Slovenian side.

From what I can tell, international arbitrators are not wholesome and fair all the time. Croatia may be in for a rude awakening.

by Upstate NY on Thu Dec 10th, 2009 at 10:56:21 AM EST
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Why has Slovenia been refusing arbitration for so long? I suspect the Croatians were willing to go to arbitration to unblock the accession negotiations as that would be a win for them even discounting the possibility of losing on the actual dispute. Also, you lose less face if you lose in arbitration than if you negotiate a settlement.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Dec 10th, 2009 at 11:07:35 AM EST
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