Relationship dossier
Croatia
Finland
Relationship assessment
Cooperative EU and NATO partners with reciprocal support for accession
Croatia toward Finland
+20Croatia ratified Finland’s NATO accession protocol, supporting Finland’s entry into the alliance.
Finland toward Croatia
+20Finland ratified Croatia’s EU accession treaty, supporting Croatia’s entry into the European Union.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is underpinned by shared EU and NATO membership and reciprocal support for accession to those institutions. These durable ties are cooperative, though the breadth of direct bilateral collaboration is uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Croatia and Finland maintain cooperative relations within the European Union and NATO. Croatia ratified Finland’s NATO accession protocol, while Finland ratified Croatia’s EU accession treaty. These reciprocal steps support a positive assessment, although the scope of other bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Finland ratified Croatia’s EU accession treaty.
Croatia ratified Finland’s NATO accession protocol.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of additional bilateral agreements and government cooperation is unclear.
- The extent of practical bilateral cooperation within EU and NATO frameworks is uncertain.