April 2013 – Page 3

Disappointment by passivity of political parties and voters

epa03621511 Members of the European Parliament raise their hands in a vote during the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 13 March 2013. The European Parliament rejected the compromise of EU governments for the financial planning of the European Union until 2020. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

GONG, a well-known nongovernmental organisation in charge of monitoring election processes in Croatia, on Monday ascribed a low turnout of 20.8% at Croatia’s first election of its deputies to the European Parliament on Sunday to passivity of political elites and to the fact that the electorate was insufficiently informed about European Union institutions and processes…

GONG “turned” a new page on the old address

11. 04. 2012., Zagreb - Clanovi nestranacke udruge Gong fotografirani u prostorijama udruge na Trgu bana Jelacica. GONG je nestranacka udruga gradjana utemeljena 1997. radi poticanja gradjana na aktivnije sudjelovanje u politickim procesima. Duje Prkut, Nives Miosic, Korana Gacic Fuk, Tina Novak, Tanja Kapusta, Srdjan Novak, Albert Jedrejic, Jelena Berkovic, Danela Zagar, Natalia Mirkovic, Vanja Skoric, Dragan Zelic, Marina Skrabalo, Tamara Capeta, Berto Salaj, Robert Maracic, Iva Pinjusic. Photo: Davor Puklavec/PIXSELL

Explore GONGs’ new web site, much clearer and more attractive, containing more information, that are organized into three main categories: electoral system, good governance and active citizens. In order for information to be of the highest quality possible and for communication to focus on key policies and social processes, the interested public is now able…

3.7 million eligible voters for EP elections in Croatia

Zagreb, 20.3.2013.- Dravno izborno povjrenstvo (DIP) objavilo je danas da je u roku prispjelo 28 pravovaljanih kandidacijskih lista za izbor èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) iz Republike Hrvatske, raspisanih za 14. travnja, od kojih su 27 stranaèkih i jedna lista skupine biraèa. Od 27 stranaèkih lista 19 je samostalnih i osam koalicijskih, izvjestio je na konferenciji za novinare predsjednik DIP-a Branko Hrvatin. Ministar Uprave Arsen Bauk (na slici) upozorio je graðane da pravodobno provjere valjanost svojih osobnih dokumenata kako bi mogli pristupiti glasovanju. Takoðer je podsjetio da oni koji neæe biti u mjestu prebivalita na dan izbora o tome obavijeste nadlena tijela kako bi mogli dobiti potvrdu s kojom æe moæi glasovati u mjestu gdje se zateknu na dan izbora. foto FaH/ Lana SLIVAR DOMINIÆ/ ua

A total of 3,740,951 voters will be entitled to vote in Croatian elections for the European Parliament on April 14, or as many as 763,814 fewer than at the referendum on Croatia’s accession to the European Union, held in January 2012, Public Administration Minister Arsen Bauk said on Friday. Bauk held a press conference to…