PM Plenkovic says Opposition's initiative fails
After the parliament did not pass a vote of no-confidence in Finance Minister Zdravko Maric, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that the initiative from the Opposition and the Bridge party had failed, and added that the topic whether he had secured a parliamentary majority was irrelevant today.
- 04.05.2017.
PM Plenkovic: Croatian public sees who is the factor of stability, and who has destructive agenda
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at the start of the government meeting on Thursday that Wednesday's parliamentary debate on the Opposition's motion of no confidence vote against Finance Minister Zdravko Maric showed that the Opposition had neither argument nor evidence to corroborate their demand.
- 04.05.2017.
PM Plenkovic: Populism and demagoguery would not receive public support. This is a moment when masks are falling down
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday energetically defended Finance Minister Zdravko Maric, whose dismissal had been requested by the opposition SDP party, telling the Bridge party, his HDZ party's coalition partner until recently, that masks were falling down and that their populism and demagoguery would not receive public support.
- 03.05.2017.
PM Plenkovic: Defenders' sacrifice was in the foundations of the free and democratic Croatia
The state leadership, led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, as well as numerous veterans and citizens laid wreaths and lit candles in Okucani on Monday to pay their respects to the defenders killed in Operation Flash, in which the army and the police liberated the western Slavonia region 22 years ago.
- 01.05.2017.
PM Plenkovic congratulated Labour Day
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Sunday congratulated everyone on Labour Day, saying the government was open to social dialogue and that it was doing everything to increase employability, improve living conditions and stop young people from emigrating.
- 30.04.2017.
PM Plenkovic: Absolute consensus on negotiations with Britain to leave the EU
Leaders of the 27 EU member-states on Saturday adopted guidelines for negotiations on Britain's exit from the EU, and for Croatia the most important issue is the financial impact on the EU budget, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said after a summit meeting in Brussels.
- 29.04.2017.
Plenkovic, Cerar, Juncker agree easier border crossing
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Slovenian PM Miro Cerar reached an agreement at a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Saturday that border police could switch from systematic to targeted checks as soon as waiting on border crossings took more than 15 minutes.
- 29.04.2017.
Plenkovic for consensus to be made on targeted border checks by summer
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Brussels on Friday after talks with European Council President Donald Tusk that a consensus should be reached before the summer on targeted border checks since the enforcement of a new European Union regulation on systematic checks has been causing long lines on the Croatian-Slovenian border.
- 28.04.2017.
Croatian PM sharply condemns incidents in Macedonian parliament
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday condemned in the strongest terms an attack on deputies, reporters and police in the Macedonian parliament on Thursday and called on all political stakeholders in the country to calm down the tension in line with democratic principles and procedures.
- 28.04.2017.
PM says national reform programme has 3 goals
The national reform programme which the government will present on Thursday, together with a convergence plan for the next three years, has three goals - boosting the economy's competitiveness, increasing employability, and maintaining public finances, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday.
- 27.04.2017.
PM Plenkovic: HDZ will secure parl. majority, this gov't goes on
The ministers incapable of supporting their colleague in the government cannot be members of my cabinet, Prime Minister and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Andrej Plenkovic said at an extraordinary news conference on Thursday after dismissing three ministers from the junior partner Bridge as they failed to support Finance Minister Zdravko Maric in the face of opposition demands for him to resign.
- 27.04.2017.
Croatian PM, Swiss president highlight economy
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Swiss President Doris Leuthard were agreed on Tuesday that the relations between the two countries are very good, that the ratification of Protocol III solved the issue of the free movement of Croatian workers. and that now it is necessary to boost economic cooperation.
- 25.04.2017.