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Towards managing conflict of interest

Croatian conflict of interest system has numerous deficiencies that contribute to declining levels of citizens’ trust in public institutions. Media are quick to report on scandals arising from undeclared and non-managed conflict of interest, as it is embedded in an increasing number of corruption cases against persons in high politics. Croatian political elite is facing […]

Defamation provisions to remain in force, but ...

Under draft amendments to the Penal Code defined by the Justice Ministry, the Penal Code will retain provisions on the criminal act of defamation but only the most serious cases of defamation, to be called grave defamation, will be penalised, the head of the Criminal Law Department of the Justice Ministry, Ana Kordej, said on […]

Hands off the media!

Without free, independent, and pluralistic media citizens are deprived of the possibility to keep power accountable. Corruption and maladimistration prosper, personal business and political interest replace the common good of all, minorities face increasing marginalisation. The deterioration of media pluralism and media freedom in Europe is above all a threat to democracy. You can sign […]

Stop Targeting Civil Society in Hungary!

Since its re-election, the Hungarian government launched a campaign attacking the credibility of Hungarian NGOs and is striving to gain control over their funding distributed independently from the government. We believe that a dynamic and independent civil society plays a fundamental role in a democratic society, as it is one of the key checks and […]

What we achieved in 2013?

It was the beginning of 1999 when we met at the strategic planning workshop for the upcoming parliamentary elections and one of the tasks we got from the workshop leader was to design and edit the centrefold of a daily newspaper for the day after the elections. We liked the task and teams showed exceptional […]

An inventory of EP candidates: The way to a Europe for the people…or?

Should there be enough political honesty, creativity and dialogue, the EU might yet make a turn towards building a Europe-wide democratic public sphere, a sustainable development model, job security and decent employment, democratic governance of common goods and an uncompromising protection of human rights – this is the attitude of the members of the Platform […]

Social Europe – strategic investment, not cost!

„Unlike the American Dream, the European Dream was a guarantee that you will not fall through the safety net and end up existentially endangered, even if you were not the best. Today, the European Dream is endangered by austerity measures and policies based on the assumption that investing in people is an expenditure we cannot […]

The left is losing at the expense of the right, is there anyone "awake"?

The biggest problem of today’s European Union is that the citizens do not trust institutions, both at the European and the national level. But there is a solution in the form of strong pressure from the outside and radical changes within institutions , concluded Dr. sc. Jordi Vaquer, director of the Open Society Initiative for […]

"Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by 2020."

Platform 112, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Group 22, Clubture and Green forum presented the "Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by 2020." It’s about the alternative propositions and innovation policy for higher democracy, security, and sustainable development in the new mandate of European Parliament and European Commission. They invited candidates for European […]

„Another EUrope is necessary and possible! “

“Another EUrope is necessary and possible – with innovations for more democracy, solidarity and sustainable development in the new mandate of the European Parliament and the European Commission”, Platform 112, Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia, Group 22, Clubture and Green forum highlighted through presentation of the “Pre-election activist inventory for the EU by […]

29. April 2014.

Citizens of Dubrovnik showed clear message of how to be a good citizen

In a democratic society, it is legitimate to fail with an initiative, but it is much more dangerous for a democracy to lack initiatives and people who fight for the common good and public interest. The Dubrovnik referendum has brought up hundreds of people who are willing to dedicate their time, knowledge and experience fighting […]

24. April 2014.

EUvox, EU-wide voting advice application, presented

EUvox, an EU-wide voting advice application (VAA) for the 2014 European Parliament elections, was presented in the Europe House in Zagreb on Thursday. The purpose of EUvox is to help citizens choose the political party that best matches their own policy preferences and enable them to have quick access to information about the positions of all parties […]

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