Democrats (Croatia) Explained

Democrats
Native Name:Demokrati
Native Name Lang:Croatian
President:Ivan Lukež[1]
Leader1 Title:Vice Presidents
Leader1 Name:Bojana Hribljan
Aleksandar Horvat
Matija Ladić
Ivan Lukež
General Secretary:Davor Dobrović
Split:Social Democratic Party of Croatia
Position:Centre-left
Ideology:Social democracy
Social liberalism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Pro-Europeanism
National:Amsterdam Coalition

Our Croatia
Seats1 Title:Croatian Parliament
Seats1:
Headquarters:Zagreb, Croatia
Website:https://demokrati.hr/
Country:Croatia

The Democrats (Croatian: Demokrati) are a minor centre-left Croatian political party founded by Mirando Mrsić.[2] The party was founded on the 20 October 2018 in Zagreb.[3] It was officially registered with the Ministry of Public Administration on 27 November 2018.[4]

According to the party, their program is based on a "long-term, stable, sustainable development of Croatia.[5]

The party was part of the Amsterdam Coalition, an electoral alliance of seven Croatia liberal political parties, that participated in the 2019 European Parliament election in Croatia.[6]

Political position

At the founding congress, Mrsić stated that the party will campaign for "a Croatia where everybody is paid for their work and of which they can live, has a dignified pension, equal access to quality health care, equal opportunity in education and to live safely in a clean and healthy environment."[3]

The party supports:[5]

Election results

Legislative

Election! rowspan=2
CoalitionVotes% Seats+/–Government
2020HL-RI6,5940.40%New
2024Our Croatia47,6552.25% 0

European Parliament

!Election!In coalition with!Votes won(coalition totals)!Percentage!Seats won!Seat change
2019Amsterdam Coalition55,8065.19%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ljudi . People . hr . . Democrats . 18 April 2024 .
  2. Web site: Mirando Mrsić osniva stranku naziva Demokrati: 'Nije bit da budemo utočište za nezadovoljne SDP-ovce' . Tomičić . Tihana . 12 October 2018 . Novi list . 14 May 2019 .
  3. Web site: Osnovani Demokrati, nova politička stranka na čelu s Mirandom Mrsićem . Democrats founded, a new political party headed by Mirando Mrsić . hr . . 20 October 2018 . Dnevnik.hr . 14 May 2019 .
  4. Web site: Mirando Mrsić predstavio novu parlamentarnu stranku Demokrati . Mirando Mrsić announced new parliamentary party called Democrats . . 1 December 2018 . Večernji list . 14 May 2019 .
  5. Web site: Programska osnova: Hrvatska 2030. . Program basis: Croatia 2030 . hr . . Democrats . 14 May 2019 .
  6. Web site: Mrsićevi Demokrati - sedma stranka Amsterdamske koalicije . Mrsić's Democrats - seventh party of Amsterdam Coalition . hr . . 17 February 2019 . tportal.hr . 14 May 2019 .