Croatian Sovereignists Hrvatski suverenisti | |
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Abbreviation | HS |
President | Marijan PavliÄek |
Founded | November 2019 |
Merger of |
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Headquarters | Zagreb |
Ideology | National conservatism |
Political position | Right-wing |
European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement (2021ā2022) European Conservatives and Reformists Party (since 2022) |
European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
Colours | Red White Blue |
Sabor | 1 / 151
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European Parliament | 0 / 12
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County Prefects | 0 / 21
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Mayors | 0 / 128
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Website | |
https://suverenisti.hr | |
^ A: The party is: also considered as a part of theāāradical right, a label which can include far-right. |
The Croatian Sovereignists (Croatian: Hrvatski suverenisti) are a conservative and Christian right-wing political party in Croatia. The party was founded in 2019. And is led by, Marijan PavliÄek.
The party grew out of a coalition formed ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election in Croatia by four parties: the Croatian Conservative Party (HKS), the Croatian Growth (Hrast), the Croatian Party of Rights Dr. Ante StarÄeviÄ (HSP AS), and the United Croatian Patriots (UHD). The coalition finished third and "re-elected its list leader," MEP Ruža TomaÅ”iÄ.
Historyā»
Foundationā»
The party was originally founded in November 2019 as a political platform between the Croatian Conservative Party (HKS), Croatian Growth (Hrast), and some citizens' initiatives, such as "Istina o Istanbulskoj" and "Hrvatski bedem".
2020 parliamentary electionā»
In 2020, the party entered the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) in a Homeland Movement-led coalition. As of 2021, the Croatian Sovereignists have four MPs in the "Sabor."
Merger of smaller right-wing partiesā»
On 2 October 2021 a unification assembly was held in Croatia's capital Zagreb. During the assembly it was announced that HKS, Hrast and the Generation of Renewal (GO), three smaller conservative and right-wing parties, will become defunctāāto merge and work together as the Croatian Sovereignists.
Expulsion of ZekanoviÄ from the partyā»
On 17 December the presidency of the Croatian Sovereignists launched proceedingsāāto expel Hrvoje ZekanoviÄ from the party, "which was conducted on 17 January." The final decision was to be, "made within 30 days." ZekanoviÄ surprised everyone with a speech about vaccinations in the Croatian Parliament a week earlier on Thursday, which was followed by his removal as a president of a parliamentary club and Hrvoje ZekanoviÄ was officially expelled from the Croatian Sovereign Party on 19 January 2022.
"Protect the Croatian Kuna"ā»
After Andrej PlenkoviÄ (HDZ), the Prime Minister of Croatia, announced that he expects Croatia to join the eurozone by the beginning of 2023, the Croatian Sovereignists launched a campaign called "Protect the Croatian Kuna" (Croatian: ZaÅ”titimo hrvatsku kunu). Hrvoje ZekanoviÄ announced that the Sovereignists will start collecting signatures for a referendum and claimed that "not a single citizen of the Republic of Croatia out of two-thirds who voted for the EU knew that we had committed ourselves to introduce the euro within a certain period of time, i.e. enter the eurozone." Sovereignist Member of Parliament Marijan PavliÄek argued in a parliament speech that: "such an important topic where part of the sovereignty is lost, in this case monetary sovereignty, cannot be decided by individuals in their offices after an agreement with the powers in Brussels. On this topic only the Croatian people can decide through a referendum."
The initiative is also supported by the Croatian Party of Rights, the Independents for Croatia, and Generation of Renewal.
On 24 October 2021 the "Protect the Croatian Kuna" initiative started collecting signatures demanding referendum. Sovereignist Member of Parliament Marko MilanoviÄ Litre said in an interview, that already after five days 157,000 signatures were collected. For a referendum on the subject, the initiative needs to gather 368,867 signatures by 7 November 2021. After the collection of signatures was over, the Sovereignists announced that they had collected 334,582 valid signatures, which is not enough to call a referendum.
Programā»
On its website, the party names:
as its program guidelines.
Election resultsā»
Legislativeā»
Election | In coalition with | Votes won | Percentage | Seats won | Change | Government? |
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(Coalition totals) | (Croatian Sovereignists only) | |||||
2020 | DPMÅ -led coalition | 181,492 | 10.89 (#3) | 4 / 151
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New | Opposition |
2024 | Most-led coalition | 169,988 | 8.02 (#5) | 2 / 151
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Opposition |
European Parliamentā»
Election | In coalition with | Votes won | Percentage | Seats won | Change |
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(Coalition totals) | (Croatian Sovereignists only) | ||||
2019 | None | 91,546 | 8.52 (#3) | 1 / 12
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New |
2024 | MOSTāHSP | 30,155 | 4.01 (#7) | 0 / 12
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See alsoā»
Referencesā»
- ^ Croatian Sovereignists (10 December 2021). "ZekanoviÄ smijenjen s mjesta predsjednika Kluba Suverenista u Saboru, novi predsjednik PavliÄek". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram. "Croatia". parties-and-elections.eu. Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ "Croatia". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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- ^ Hina (2022-11-24). "European Parliament insists on freezing European funds for Hungary". N1 (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Igor Ilic, Frances Kerry (24 October 2021). "Croatia's right-wing eurosceptics seek referendum on euro adoption". reuters.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ PSD (2 October 2021). "Novi Å”ef Hrvatskih suverenista: 'Nadam se da Äe nam se pridružiti i Å koro, ali i joÅ” dva-tri zastupnika sliÄnih svjetonazora. OÄekujem i Thompsonovu potporu'". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "EP election: Two major parties in Croatia take four seats each". N1. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "O nama". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Zastupnici". Croatian Parliament (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Ujediniteljski sabor Hrvatskih suverenista". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Hrvatskim suverenistima pridružile se joÅ” tri desne stranke: 'Ovo je gruda koja Äe se pretvoriti u lavinu'". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "ZekanoviÄ o izbacivanju iz stranke: "Laknulo mi je. Moj stav o cjepljenju je jasan - cjepivo je jedino oružje protiv korone. Oni možda znaju neki drugi naÄin"" [ZekanoviÄ on expulsion from the party: "I was relieved. My position on vaccination is clear - the vaccine is the only weapon against the COVID-19. They maybe know some other way."]. Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 17 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Boban ValeÄiÄ, Iva (10 December 2021). "Zbog neslaganja oko COVID-19 suverenisti brzo smijenili ZekanoviÄa s pozicije Å”efa kluba" [Due to disagreements over COVID-19, the sovereignists quickly removed ZekanoviÄ from the position of club and Hrvoje ZekanoviÄ was officially expelled from the Croatian Sovereign Party on 19 January 2022 chief]. VeÄernji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ MatijeviÄ, Božena (17 January 2022). "Suverenisti odluÄili izbaciti ZekanoviÄa: 'To druÅ”tvo me viÅ”e ne zanima'" [Sovereignists decide to expel Zekanovic: 'I am no longer interested in that society']. VeÄernji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Croatian News Agency (25 June 2021). "PlenkoviÄ oÄekuje ulazak u eurozonu poÄetkom 2023. godine". index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ M. Å u./Hina (25 June 2021). "PlenkoviÄ oÄekuje ulazak u eurozonu poÄetkom 2023". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Branko LozanÄiÄ (27 September 2021). "Sovereignists begin collecting signatures for a referendum on the euro on October 24th". glashrvatske.hrt.hr. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Croatian News Agency (8 July 2021). "ZekanoviÄ: PokreÄemo referendum o uvoÄenju eura, narod se mora izjasniti". index.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
nijedan hrvatski graÄanin od dvije treÄine koje su glasale za EU nije znao da smo se obvezali da Äemo u nekom roku uvesti euro, odnosno uÄi u eurozonu
- ^ "ZaŔtitimo hrvatsku kunu". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
o ovako bitnoj temi gdje se gubi dio suvereniteta, u ovom sluÄaju monetarnog suvereniteta, ne mogu odluÄivati pojedinci u svojim uredima nakon dogovora sa briselskim moÄnicima. O ovakvoj temi može iskljuÄivo odluÄiti hrvatski narod putem referendumu
[such an important topic where part of the sovereignty is lost, in this case monetary sovereignty, cannot be decided by individuals in their offices after an agreement with the powers in Brussels. On this topic only the Croatian people can decide through a referendum.] - ^ Croatian Radiotelevision (1 September 2021). "HSP se pridružio inicijativi Hrvatskih suverenista ā ZaÅ”titimo hrvatsku kunu". vijesti.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Croatian News Agency (30 October 2021). "Referendumska inicijativa "ZaŔtitimo hrvatsku kunu": U pet dana prikupljeno 157.000 potpisa". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Suverenisti objavili koliko su skupili potpisa za referendum o euru: 'Ovo je respektabilna brojka'" [Sovereignists announced how much they signatures they have collected for referendum about Euro: "This is a respectable number"]. Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Programske smjernice, Croatian Sovereignists, suverenisti.hr, Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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