ZAGREB, March 12, 2018 - Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) political secretary and MP Davor Ivo Stier believes that it would be irresponsible and harmful, both for the HDZ and for the development of Croatian democracy, to ask HDZ MPs to vote for the Istanbul Convention as that would mean reducing or marginalising Christian democracy in the HDZ, and that disputes surrounding the convention cannot be bridged over with interpretive statements.

ZAGREB, March 12, 2018 - Prime Minister and HDZ party leader Andrej Plenković on Monday dismissed media reports that he would run for President of the European Commission, saying that it was his job to be Croatia's prime minister, and noting that a majority in the HDZ leadership did not see gender ideology in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the so-called Istanbul convention.

ZAGREB, March 10 , 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that first structural reforms his government would launch would be related to resolving of the issue of salaries in the state sector, pension reform proposal and making headway in the education reform.

ZAGREB, March 9, 2018 - President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said on Friday it was necessary to make decisions and implement reforms in Croatia, that it was her duty to warn about negative trends and that it was no problem if someone did not take her seriously, referring to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, but that it was a problem if her warnings and those from domestic and international institutions were not taken seriously.

ZAGREB, March 9, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that he understood the sensitivity of some social groups regarding the Istanbul convention which, he said, for him "is primarily a convention that should promote national mechanisms for protection against violence against women and domestic violence" and he believes that the parliament will ratify the document.

ZAGREB, March 9, 2018 – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that some political stakeholders, primarily the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the MOST party, "are now signing a different tune" about the future LNG terminal on the Krk island, saying that as a state and a society we must decide if we want to use these strategic energy projects to put Croatia in a proper place on the map of Europe.

ZAGREB, March 8, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday that the government should work more on attracting investment as the generator of growth, and added that he expected all government departments to continue structural reforms.

Economic expansion remains the aim.

Ivica Todorić believes Martina Dalić to be a destructive person without a great deal of knowledge.

ZAGREB, March 6, 2018 - Representatives of the parties comprising the ruling majority said on Monday, after their regular meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, which lasted more than four hours, that they discussed current issues and that new Agrokor emergency administrator Fabris Peruško briefed them about the situation at the heavily-indebted food conglomerate, stressing that there was no mention of the opposition’s initiative for a non-confidence vote in Economy Minister Martina Dalić.