There will be no place in the composition of the new Croatian Government for the Serbian party SDSS, which for years was part of the coalition with the HDZ, and at the request of the right-wing party DP. Is this decision an announcement of the shift of the Croatian government to the right or a compromise in order to form a government
The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) reached an agreement with the right-wing Homeland Movement on the formation of a new parliamentary majority and the future government, which will again be led by HDZ president Andrej Plenković.
"The proposal of the reached agreement, along with the distribution of the portfolios of the future government, will be presented to the party bodies during today and then we will inform the public about all the details," announced government spokesman Marko Milić from the HDZ, after the meeting of the negotiating teams of the two parties.
As previously announced, Plenković will also be supported by a part of the representatives of national minorities, so that he can secure the necessary 76 votes of support in the parliament.
Among the minority MPs this time, there will not be three MPs from the Serbian national minority from the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS), which until now was part of Plenković's government and held the position of vice president.
The Serbian Party, headed by Milorad Pupovac, was a regular part of the Croatian Government in the last few mandates. This is the first time that they are not a coalition partner of the HDZ, and that was at the request of the Homeland Movement, which conditioned its support for Plenković's party on the fact that the SDSS would not be part of the parliamentary majority or the future government.
Support, but not signature
Despite the fact that he will not have room to act in the new mandate of the Government, the SDSS will support Plenković for the mandate, although he will not make that support official with a signature.
SDSS president Milorad Pupovac explains that their club will decide which MPs will give Plenković the required number of signatures in order to be elected.
"Our position is that we support Andrej Plenković as a mandate holder, but there is a difference between us about who we can support when it comes to the composition of the Government," said Pupovac.
Pupovac believes that the HDZ had no choice but to decide to lead a new government without representatives of the Serbian minority.
He points out that the Homeland Movement contaminated the political space of Croatia, and that this party won the elections thanks to its anti-Serbian and anti-Cyrillic campaign.
Three departments for DP
Prime Minister Andrej Plenković revealed yesterday which ministries will belong to this conservative party.
"Three portfolios go to DP. We will establish a new ministry - the Ministry of Demography. This is a key issue and that is why we are the first at the EU level to introduce such a ministry," Plenković said.
"The second department is the Ministry of Agriculture, since the DP is mainly based in Slavonia. And the third is to divide the Ministry of Economy in half. We didn't talk about names. "The member of the government who is in favor of demography will also be the deputy prime minister," said Plenković in his speech in Jastrebarski.
Nevertheless, this division of departments was a slight disappointment for the DP, which from the beginning wanted some other departments to fall into its hands, namely the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The new government will have more ministries than was the case before, when there were 18.
HDZ is moving to the right?
Political scientist Davor Djenero is of the opinion that this solution is not ideal and that the cooperation of smaller parties was a better option.
"It is clear that it would be more favorable, for the stability of the government and certain trends that have already been achieved, if the government, instead of something like this, was determined by the cooperation of smaller options that are closer to the strongest party, and it has already been approaching the center for two election cycles," Gennero told Mother said.
It is a fear, often expressed by the Croatian public, that the extreme right-wing orientation of the DP could pull the HDZ back to the side where it once was. Or that the ideological difference of the partners - if it is really that pronounced - could destabilize the state.
"In the same respect, it's a shame that not all minority representatives will participate in the coalition, because the Homeland Movement doesn't want Serbs there," Genero notes, "but this is, if we're honest, the least bad solution of those that were even realistic, according to the election results ".
This political analyst is convinced that the representatives of the minorities will remain coordinated, regardless of the fact that they will be formally divided into the parliamentary position and the opposition.
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