The accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union significantly affected the economic development of the country, brought many changes in functioning entire state and local self-government units. Agriculture and investments in rural areas were highlighted as areas of special interest for development investments. This paper work analyses investments financed with money from EU funds from 2014 - 2019. Based on the use of data from the Municipality of Semeljci on projects submitted to various tenders, which are financed from EU funds, the parameters of the development of the Municipality before 2014 and in 2019 were compared. The conducted analysis shows positive changes in various areas of development of the Municipality. However, some negative trends, caused by the accesion of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, where the opening of the abor market and emigration of mostly young people, the investment of EU money in rural areas of the Republic of Croatia, could not stop. The Municipality of Semeljci has recognized the importance and benefits of investing in the development of the Municipality in every sense and the use of money from EU funds and is investing in the education and training its employees in this area. Therefore, the Municipality of Semeljci is facing further activities with the aim of making better use of EU funds and more efficient, high-quality and rational management of the financial resources at its disposal. However, the ultimate goal of all activities is to stop the trend of emigration of young people from the area of the Municipality.