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16. December 2014.

Sign the ECI - Stop TTIP and CETA!

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12. December 2014.

Parliament speaker thinks Sabor has done proper job this year

In the year drawing to a close, lawmakers spent 103 days in parliament and discussed 373 items on the agenda, adopted 185 laws and parliament speaker Josip Leko said that parliament had done a proper job this year in fulfilling its constitutional duty. Presenting these statistics at a press conference on Friday, Leko explained that […]

8. December 2014.

Consultations on new election law to resume this week

The parliamentary groups of the ruling coalition will this week resume talks on a new law on the election of members of parliament and attempt to formulate a joint proposal which they would propose to other parliamentary groups, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on the Constitution, Pedja Grbin (SDP), said on Monday. Although it […]

5. December 2014.

Parliamentary committee allocates funds for parties

The parliamentary committee on the Constitution on Friday decided on the allocation of funds for the financing of parliamentary parties and independent MPs who will receive HRK 5 million more in 2015 than this year. The parties will receive HRK 55 million in total, allocated according to the number of seats they had when the […]

4. December 2014.

"Ineffective municipalities and cities shouldn’t necessarily be abolished, but functional mergers are a must"

Should counties be abolished, is there a need to reduce the number of cities and municipalities and why is decentralization such a frequent buzzword? How can the power of local political bosses be curbed and the quality of governing common goods and public services increased? Are election results important for the results of LOTUS and […]

3. December 2014.

Parliamentary committee wants court to assess outsourcing referendum question

The parliamentary Committee on the Constitution proposed on Wednesday that Parliament formally ask the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the referendum question on outsourcing of non-core public-sector services. The proposal was backed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) members of the Committee. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) members did not attend, while […]

3. December 2014.

Parliamentary committee formulates referendum bill

The parliamentary committee on the Constitution on Wednesday formulated a new referendum bill which, despite objections from the opposition and the committee's external members, retains a provision under which signatures for referendum petitions would be collected only in state administration offices and via the e-citizens service. External member Nenad Zakosek said signature collection must be […]

25. November 2014.

Committee asks govt. to check signatures for motorways referendum

The parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System unanimously decided on Tuesday to ask the government to crosscheck the signatures collected for a referendum against the leasing of motorways to monetise their debt, and the decision is expected to be confirmed by parliament. A civil group called "We won't give our motorways" […]

20. November 2014.

Croatia to hold sixth presidential election on 28 December

The Croatian government decided to call a presidential election for 28 December 2014, and in case that none of the candidates wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the first two vote-getters will compete in a run-off 14 days later, that is on 11 January 2015. The president is directly elected for a five-year […]

17. November 2014.

Signatures handed over to Sabor for motorway referendum

Activists who launched a petition for a referendum against the government's plan to lease motorways in order to monetise their state-owned operators' debt, on Monday handed boxes with over 530,000 signatures to Parliament Speaker Josip Leko. "We have collected 530,853 signatures of citizens who have thus sent a message to the government that they want […]

14. November 2014.

As many as 1.473.218 Croatian citizens living „in the dark“

Although the inhabitants of Rijeka can boast living in the most transparent city in Croatia, with the Varaždin county in the lead among the twenty counties and Belica taking the first place among municipalities, on the whole, every third citizen of Croatia lives “in the dark” – show the results of the LOTUS openness and […]

13. November 2014.

Assessment of the Reform Capacities of the Croatian Government, 2011 –2014 (an abstract)

This Report abstract represents a cursory assessment of the Government’s work with respect to the 112 demands over the course of three years of its term, from January 2012 to late-October 2014. The Report is based on the knowledge and experience of Platform 112 member organizations focused on the systematic monitoring of government institutions, public […]

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