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Gong and 24 civic associations to Plenković: Clear St. Mark's Square for the free assembly!

We ask of the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior to open the space where the key democratic institutions are located - the Parliament, the Government, and the Constitutional Court.

The new feature of the Gong's tool Parlametar allows you to write directly to the MPs

Gong's Parlametar.hr has a new option, "Ask a Question," that allows citizens to ask a question of a member of parliament directly and publicly, to which the latter then publicly responds.

Nataša Novaković was punished because the HDZ is intent on destroying institutions

Gong condemns this latest act in HDZ's long-running activities that contribute to the democratic decline of the Croatian political system.

In the times of pandemic we must not forget democracy

The Government of the Republic of Croatia, like most states, has adopted extraordinary measures to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Those measures should not be abused. Restrictions imposed must be motivated solely by public health reasons, enforced following the Constitution, and should last only for the duration of the pandemic. Gong considers […]

Draft public administration strategy presented to committee

Public Administration Minister Arsen Bauk has said that the matter of efficient public administration should not be a field for political one-upmanship and in order to enhance the administration system the government has proposed a 2015-2020 Public Administration Strategy. Bauk on Tuesday acquainted the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution with the proposed three-section strategy focusing […]

Three candidates for Constitutional Court judges short-listed

The parliamentary committee for the Constitution on Tuesday proposed that parliament appoint two constitutional court judges from three short-listed applicants out of 11 who had applied - a constitutional law professor, Sanja Baric, Judge Ivana Calic and former state prosecutor Mladen Bajic. Baric won the support of all committee members at the meeting which Croatian […]

TTIP - contribution to recovery of European and US economies?

A free trade agreement that is being negotiated between the European Union and the United States is an exceptionally important agreement that should contribute to the recovery of the European and American economies and it might be a starting point to define new, higher global standards, a conference in the Croatian parliament heard on Friday. […]

"We expect the intensive public debate on the TTIP"

Ahead of Global Action Day against the transatlantic trade and investment agreements TTIP and CETA, to be marked on April 18, activists of several nongovernmental organisations and trade unions on Friday distributed leaflets outside the parliament building in Zagreb, asking MPs to take a clear position on those agreements which they believe will restrict workers' […]

A task force will draw up a code of ethics for deputies in parliament

After a two-week Easter recess, the Croatian Parliament is scheduled to resume its session on Wednesday, April 15, which will last until the summer recess in July, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said on Tuesday. After today's session of the Parliament Presidency, Leko told reporters that the agenda of the coming session includes 68 items, most […]

Court asked to test motorway referendum question constitutionality

The Croatian Parliament's Constitution Committee on Wednesday decided to ask the Constitutional Court to test the constitutionality of the question in the planned referendum against leasing motorways, with Committee Chairman Pedja Grbin of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) explaining that the referendum question would imply an absolute ban on concessions in the motorway sector. In […]

Parliament Speaker announces new session of Sabor

This year's first regular session of parliament will start on January 21 and is scheduled to run for ten weeks, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko announced after a meeting of the parliament's presidency on Tuesday. Leko explained that now that the Christmas break was over the parliament would continue with its usual schedule of two sessions […]

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 […]

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