Relationship dossier
Croatia
Ireland
Relationship assessment
Cooperative EU partnership with limited detail on distinct bilateral initiatives
Croatia toward Ireland
+25Croatia cooperates with Ireland through EU institutions on shared European policies and Union affairs. The extent of Croatia's distinct bilateral initiatives with Ireland is unclear.
Ireland toward Croatia
+25Ireland cooperates with Croatia through EU institutions on shared European policies and Union affairs. The extent of Ireland's distinct bilateral initiatives with Croatia is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is shaped by EU membership and routine intergovernmental cooperation within shared institutions. This provides a durable basis for collaboration, while the scale of activity specific to the bilateral relationship is less clear.
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 Ireland maintain cooperative relations as European Union partners. Their governments work together through EU institutions, including on shared policy and the functioning of the Union. No major bilateral dispute is prominent in the relationship, though the scope of distinct bilateral initiatives and their implementation is unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation outside EU institutions are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level bilateral engagement is uncertain.