In his visit to Croatia on 6th of September 2011 in support of the NO argument in regards the country's EU membership, UKIP lider and EU MEP Nigel Farage gave his views on the state of the European Union and about Croatia's future in it:

“I would argue very strongly, that even if you were to join the European Union, now would be a very very poor time to do it. And just look at the structure, just look at the way this whole project operates. It is the European Commission, it is unelected bureaucracy that have the sole right of initiative.”