Tag: Parliament

SDP initiative to amend constitution stumbles at first step

The ruling Social Democratic Party's (SDP) initiative to amend the constitution to remove the statute of limitations on politically motivated killings did not receive the necessary support by the parliamentary constitution committee. The committee did not manage to agree to have the matter even put on the agenda with 5 members voting for and five […]

Increase in number of complaints in first half of year

Human Rights Ombudswoman Lora Vidovic on Tuesday presented a report on the activities of her office and the human rights situation in 2012 and a report on her work in the first half of this year, saying that the number of people seeking assistance from her office had increased considerably this year. Vidovic told a […]

MPs adopt law on Sabor's cooperation with gov't on EU matters

The Croatian Parliament on Friday adopted a law on cooperation between parliament and the government concerning European matters. In dealing with European affairs, parliament defines the legislation, monitors and supervises the government's work in European Union institutions, discusses EU documents and Croatia's positions on which it can adopt conclusions, takes part in the nomination of […]

Sabor recommends limiting discussion time on certain topics

The Croatian parliamentary presidency will be able to, in exceptional cases, recommend that a discussion of a certain topic can last a specified time and that the time assigned for discussion for political parties be on par to their representation in the Sabor, the chairman of the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and […]

Parliament in EU affairs - on the wrong side of St. Mark's Square?

The Croatian Parliament opened its session on Wednesday with a debate on a bill governing cooperation between the country's Parliament and Government in European affairs, which is due to take effect on July 1. Under the bill, the Prime Minister and the Government will be required to report more often than initially foreseen on EU […]

Calling on the croatian government to consult civil society on eu and internal affairs

The EU-Croatia Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), a joint body of Croatian and EU civil society, which was created to monitor Croatia’s accession to the EU, held its 13th and last meeting in Zagreb on 18 June 2013. At that meeting the JCC was informed of the open letter to the Croatian Government and […]

Government should report to parliament more often

Opposition members in the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution and Standing Orders are generally satisfied with the legislation that obliges the prime minister and the government to report more frequently than was originally proposed to the Croatian Sabor and the European Affairs Committee concerning European Union issues, notably on European Council meetings. The Committee on […]

Where do social partners and citizens fit in?

This address is related to the current parliamentary debate on the long awaited Draft Law on Cooperation between Croatian Parliament and the Government in European Affairs to which we submitted detailed comments during the public consultations process, held last month by the European Integrations Committee of the Croatian Parliament. However, none of our comments have […]

Parliament discusses new Standing Orders

The new Standing Orders that regulate the work of the parliament in European affairs and introduces several novelties in relations between executive and legislative government was presented to lawmakers in Croatia's Sabor for a first reading. The Standing Orders were proposed by the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System and should […]

Opposition says bill minimises parliament's role

The parliamentary opposition was unanimous on Wednesday in the position that a bill on cooperation between the government and parliament in European affairs minimised parliament's role in relation to the government and criticised government representatives for not attending today's discussion on the bill. Zeljko Reiner of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) said the executive authority […]

Creation of Croatian state started in parliament

The creation of the present-day, independent, modern and democratic Croatian state began in the Croatian parliament on 30 May 1990, Speaker Josip Leko said on Wednesday at a celebration of Croatian Parliament Day. The formation of the first multiparty and democratically elected parliament, together with the first multiparty election and independence referendum, was "one of […]

PM's future reporting on EU Council meetings

The prime minister will report to Parliament more than twice each year on the work of meetings held with the European Council, was concluded at a meeting on Tuesday of the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System which discussed a bill on cooperation between the Sabor and government concerning European affairs. […]

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