Several non-governmental organisations on Thursday gathered outside the government building to express their dissatisfaction with a bill on strategic investment projects, claiming that the bill was not transparent and facilitated shortcuts for “privileged investors”. The risks to terrain, public good and transparent management still exist in the bill, the NGOs said after the government sent…
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Government sends strategic investments bill to parliament
The government sent to parliament on Thursday a bill on Croatia’s strategic investment projects aimed at encouraging investments by shortening and simplifying administrative procedures. The bill defines criteria for the selection of strategic projects, including compliance with physical plans, capital costs of at least HRK 150 million, and the possibility of co-financing from European Union…
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…
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…
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.…