FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers a speech at an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership between the EU and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
ZAGREB (Reuters) - The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, gave a boost on Friday to Croatia's hopes of joining the EU's "open-border" Schengen zone and also the waiting room for adopting the euro currency.
Croatia joined the EU in 2013 but to join the passport-free Schengen area it must convince Brussels that it is able to effectively manage the bloc's external border, a particularly sensitive issue since Europe's 2015 migrant crisis.
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