“These results are much less about young people, and much more about us as a society and what we have been doing over the past 20 years,” said Berto Šalaj, a member ofthe GONG Council, while commenting on the results of investigations of the political literacy of students finishing high school in Croatia. “No one…
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The Constitution and the electoral laws as toys in the hands of Constitutional Court judges
The Constitutional Court reacts late yet again, and changes the rules of the electoral game one minute before it begins, right before the dissolution of the Parliament, when there is nothing to be done to fix the flaws of the legal framework. The decision is politically coloured in favour of the political elite and against…
Solidarity in the institutions and parks of Brussels
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) voted unanimously in favour of a resolution on the current refugee crisis, expressing a common concern on part of representatives of employers, trade unions and civil society organisations across the EU. The Resolution, adopted on Wednesday, September 16 2015, expresses regret over the plight of the refugees, migrants…
“Let’s learn how to be big” in Split: What you learn as a child, you practice as an adult
“The democratic deficit affects all of us – each February while we are doing our taxes, at every job interview when asked if we are planning a pregnancy soon“, Marko Kovačić pointed out while emphasising that “the results of two of this year’s researches carried out by the GOOD Initiative are worrying – 19.7% of…
Stable financial mechanisms are a new impulse that drives the EU
The European Economic and Social Committee organised a round table „The role of Cooperative Banks“ in the House of Europe in Zagreb on September 11, with the aim of representing the concepts and models of cooperative ethical banks. New financial perspective and EU strategies for social entrepreneurship were presented by Carlos Trias Pinto from EESC,…
On financing campaigns and referenda: The Government and the Parliament are (again) unenthusiastic
In order to invalidate to the largest extent possible the rule that elections are won with „one third above and two thirds below the table“, GONG is appealing to the Government and the Parliament that, before their dissolution, they pass a long awaited and improved Act on Referenda, and to make the most of the…