Treaty of Osimo
Treaty on the delimitation of the frontier for the part not indicated as such in the Peace Treaty of 10 February 1947 | |
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Signed | 10 November 1975 |
Location | Osimo, Italy |
Effective | 3 April 1977 |
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Language | French |
The Treaty of Osimo was signed on 10 November 1975 by Italy and Yugoslavia in Osimo, Italy, to definitively divide the Free Territory of Trieste between the two states: the port city of Trieste with a narrow coastal strip to the north-west (Zone A) was given to Italy; a portion of the north-western part of the Istrian peninsula (Zone B) was given to Yugoslavia.
The full name of the treaty is Treaty on the delimitation of the frontier for the part not indicated as such in the
Criticism in Italy
The Italian government was criticized harshly for signing the treaty, particularly for the secretive way in which negotiations were carried out, skipping the traditional diplomatic channels. Italian nationalists rejected the idea of giving up
Some called for the prosecution of the then Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the crime of
Slovenian and Croatian independence
Slovenia declared its independence in 1991 and was recognized internationally in 1992. Italy quickly recognised Slovenian independence and accepted the accession of the new Slovenia to treaties concluded with Yugoslavia.[2] The treaty's applicability was now in question, but Slovenia then released a declaration on 31 July 1992 saying that it would recognize the treaty.[4]
Both Italy and Croatia have opposed any changes to the treaty. Slovenia claimed that all debts owing to Italy for property transferred to Yugoslav sovereignty after 1947 had now been paid. By 1993, however, 35,000 Italians still claimed that money was owed to them.
In 1994, the Italian government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, demanded that additional compensation be paid, or efforts to integrate Slovenia into Western Europe would be halted. To that effect, it blocked talks for Slovenia's accession to the European Union until March 1995, when the new government, under Lamberto Dini, retracted the Italian demand. A cooperative pact was signed, led by Spain, with the effect of allowing Italian nationals who had resided in Slovenia for three years to purchase property there for up to four years after the pact was signed. It came into force during Slovenia's attempts to join the EU.[5]
No similar declaration was made by the Croatia government, but the Croatian Parliament on 25 June 1991 accepted the borders of Croatia as part of Yugoslavia.[4] However, Italy did not insist on a declaration from Croatia, [why?] and the treaty was never questioned by Croatia, which considers it to be valid.[citation needed]
References
- ^ The original text of the Treaty
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7425-1603-8.
- ^ Valussi, Ressmann (1861). Trieste e l'Istria nelle quistione italiana. p. 62.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-411-1129-6.
- ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
External links
- The full text of the Treaty, United Nations Treaty SeriesVol. 1466, 1-24848
- Zaccaria, Benedetto (27 September 2019). "Yugoslavia, Italy, and European integration: was Osimo 1975 a Pyrrhic victory?". S2CID 204420105.