Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko said on Monday that Parliament could, despite the summer recess prescribed by the Constitution, hold an extraordinary session given that Croatia, as an EU member state, should promptly react to initiatives from the European Union or the government concerning EU affairs. Earlier today, parliament wrapped up its 8th session and…
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Croatian Parliament appoints Committee on European Affairs
The Croatian Parliament appointed a Committee on European Affairs on Friday. The Committee chairman is Daniel Mondekar of the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDP) and his deputies are Gordan Jandrokovic of the opposition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and Jozo Rados of the Croatian People’s Party, a junior partner in the ruling coalition. The Committee has…
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…