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Rule of Law in Croatia: The EU Echoes Plenković’s Perspective

While Plenković says there is no need to listen to the Ombudswoman because "he appointed her", referring to her critical remarks about the lack of response from the state leadership regarding a fascist salute, the European Commission praises the implementation of her recommendations.

Gong Urges Constitutional Court Review of Controversial Zadar Ballot Amid Concerns for Future Vote Integrity

Gong has submitted a proposal to the Constitutional Court to review and amend the decision by which a ballot in Zadar — on which a list was properly marked but an illegible word was added at the bottom — was declared invalid.

31. March 2025.

Gong: Plenković tramples the rule of law by completely dismanteling the Commision on Conflicts fo Interest

Independent institutions are supposed to oversee those in political power. Without oversight, there is no rule of law.

25. March 2025.

Gong’s Demand Accepted: European Commission to Address Jurisdictional Dispute Between State Attorney’s Office and EPPO

The European Commission and the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will state the incompatibility of Croatian legislation with the conflict of jurisdiction between the State Attorney's Office (DORH) and the EPPO. After the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions accepted Gong's proposal to launch a petition due to the incompatibility […]

18. March 2025.

Plenković negotiates views on Ukraine with the EPP, instead of (and) with the Croatian Parliament

Instead of aligning Croatia's positions in the European Council with the Parliament, Plenković coordinates them with members of the EPP and informs the Parliament afterward.

23. January 2025.

Presidential Elections on Social Media: Defamation, Bots, and Questionable Research

The presidential elections confirmed the importance of social media in election campaigns, and the ways in which they can be used for election manipulation, by pushing a defamation campaign, using fake profiles, and publishing questionable research ahead of election silence.

13. January 2025.

Croatia still in a state of emergency: Even in 2024, a third of laws passed in an emergency procedure

The Rules of Procedure of the Croatian Parliament stipulate that laws are adopted in a fast-tracking procedure only exceptionally. In reality, it's anything but that.

10. January 2025.

Research on Milanović's bots has serious shortcomings

The research is anonymous, and the methodology is insufficiently explained. It does not include information about the number of observed accounts and posts used for the network analysis on the X platform, and the analysis of Facebook comments does not specify the number of fake profiles identified, stating only that there were “many.”

19. December 2024.

Is the Prime Minister signaling a willingness to penalise organisations that insists on free and fair elections?

With such statements, directly referencing the bodies that co-finance civil society in Croatia, including Gong, the Prime Minister sends a message that he can influence the allocation of public funds to NGOs.

13. December 2024.

Gong in Prishtina: Better regulation of online political campaigns is necessary

Elections have moved to the digital sphere a long time ago, yet there is a lack of sufficient monitoring of online political campaings from competent authorities.

13. December 2024.

Gong urged the State Electoral Commission: Investigate who is behind the disinformation campaign against Ivana Kekin

Gong calls on the State Electoral Commission (DIP), HAKOM, and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to further investigate which political actors were behind the defamatory campaign on the Ne Možemo accounts on TikTok and Instagram. The goal is to prevent further negative influence on the outcome of the presidential elections.

12. December 2024.

Gong Reports Anti-Možemo Defamatory Content to TikTok, the Electoral Commission, and HAKOM

Gong reported several TikTok posts to the platform, the State Electoral Commission (DIP), and HAKOM for spreading falsehoods about candidate Ivana Kekin and attempting to influence the elections.

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