Patriotic Coalition (Croatia)

Patriotic Coalition Domoljubna koalicija

Leader	Tomislav Karamarko
Founded	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Political position	Centre-right to Right-wing
Colours	Blue
Sabor	59 / 151
European Parliament	5 / 11
County Prefect	14 / 21
Mayors	69 / 128
Website
domoljubna.hr
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The Patriotic Coalition (Croatian: Domoljubna koalicija) is a political alliance in Croatia formed in 2015 centred on the Croatian Democratic Union. The parties signed the coalition agreement on 21 September 2015.^[1] On 2015 parliamentary election, coalition won a relative majority in 5 of the 10 constituencies in Croatia, and all 3 seats reserved for the Croatian diaspora, and thus received a total of 59 of the 151 parliamentary seats, with its main competitor center-left Croatia is Growing coalition also winning a relative majority in 5 of the 10 constituencies in Croatia, and 56 of the 151 parliamentary seats. After more than 40 days of negotiations with the Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) and numerous twists and turns mainly due to MOST frequently changing terms, coalition achieved agreement with MOST and Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity on forming new government with Prime Minister being independent Tihomir Orešković.

Presidents of several coalition party members stated in 2016 that communication among coalition members is bad, with some expressing dissatisfaction with some of Governments announced reforms.

Members

The coalition consists of eight parties:

Party name	Leader	Ideology	Seats in the Parliament
Croatian Democratic Union	Tomislav Karamarko	National conservatism	51 / 151
Croatian Peasant Party	Krešo Beljak	Agrarianism	1 / 151
Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević	Ivan Tepeš	Nationalism	3 / 151
Croatian Social Liberal Party	Darinko Kosor	National liberalism	2 / 151
Croatian Growth	Ladislav Ilčić	Social conservatism	1 / 151
Bloc Pensioners Together	Milivoj Špika	Rights of pensioners	1 / 151
Croatian Christian Democratic Party	Goran Dodig	Christian democracy	1 / 151
Democratic Party of Zagorje	Stanko Belina	Regionalism	0 / 151

History

European parliament

Early versions of the coalition participated in a joint list for elections to the European Parliament in 2013 and 2014.

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Total seats won	Change
April 2013^[2]	Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević, Bloc of United Pensioners	243,654	32,86%	6 / 12
May 2014^[3]	Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević, Bloc of United Pensioners, Croatian Peasant Party, Croatian Christian Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Zagorje	381,844	41,42%	6 / 11

References

↑ "Domoljubna koalicija u Vukovaru potpisala koalicijski sporazum". www.dnevnik.hr. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
↑ European Parliament election, 2013 (Croatia)#Results
↑ "Prebrojani svi glasovi: DIP službeno objavio imena 11 europarlamentaraca". Novi list online portal. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

External links

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Political parties in Croatia

Sabor

Government	Croatian Democratic Union (50) Bridge of Independent Lists (15) Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (3) Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2) Bloc of Pensioners Together (1) Croatian Growth (1) Croatian Peasant Party (1) Croatian Christian Democratic Party (1)

Opposition	Social Democratic Party (42) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (11) Labour Party (3) Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) Croatian Dialogue Initiative (3) Croatian Party of Pensioners (2) Independent Democratic Serb Party (2) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (2) People's Party - Reformists (1) Human Shield (1)

European Parliament

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) (4)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) (2)
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) (1)
Istrian Democratic Assembly (1)
Conservative Party (HKS) (1)
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) (1)
Independent Davor Škrlec (1)

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