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EU elections – a vision of a future or a fall of a myth?

epa04108006 EU flags stand on a table during a photo opp at a flag store in Vienna, Austria, 03 March 2014. EU citizens will vote for a new EU parliament from 22 through 25 May 2014. EPA/GEORG HOCHMUTH

Distant, cold, inaccessible – the European Union – (yet another) accumulation of anonymous bureaucrats who oppress people with their absurd requirements. After all, who cares if the cucumber has a bump or not and should the carrots look stubby, when it is far more important to keep the fresh cottage cheese, “rakija” (brandy) and traditional…

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…

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…

GONG urges citizens to vote in EP elections

The nongovernmental election monitoring organisation GONG issued a statement on Friday to draw attention to the importance of forthcoming elections for the European Parliament in Croatia, calling on citizens to vote. “Elected deputies will have a great responsibility to regularly report and communicate with citizens about their work and results achieved because the European…

28 slates filed for 14 April election of Croatian MEPs

A total of 27 party lists plus one list of a group of citizens were submitted to the Croatian State Election Commission for the election of Croatian members of the European Parliament until Monday midnight when the deadline for the delivery of slates for Croatia’s first election for its deputies to the European Parliament had…

March 18 deadline for submission of candidate lists for EP elections

Zagreb, 05.03.2013 - Svi prijedlozi kandidacijskih listi za izbor èlanova u Europski parlament (EP), koji æe biti odrani 14. travnja, moraju Dravnom izbornom povjerenstvu (DIP) prispjeti do ponoæi, 18. oujka. Arhivska fotografija od 22.01.2012. godine prikazuje predsjednika Dravnog izbornog povjerenstva Branka Hrvatina pred doèeka objave prvih rezultata referenduma o pristupanju Hrvatske Europskoj uniji. foto FAH/ Damir SENÈAR /ds

All lists of candidates for European Parliament elections, which will be held in Croatia on April 14, must be submitted to the State Electoral Commission (DIP) by midnight March 18, the commission said in a statement on Tuesday. Within 48 hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of lists, DIP will make…