ZAGREB, April 20, 2018 - Ivan Vrdoljak, the leader of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), a junior partner in the ruling coalition, said on Friday that the allegations made by Hrvoje Perharić, the Croatian member sitting on the Krško nuclear plant's management board, were groundless and accused the executive of working for the interests of Slovenia and causing two billion kuna worth of damage to the Croatian state budget.
ZAGREB, April 7, 2018 - Ivan Vrdoljak, the leader of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), a junior partner in the ruling coalition, said late on Friday evening, after a meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, that the coalition was stable and that in the coming days the prime minister would convene the commission whose task is to appoint the head of the expert task force for the implementation of the education reform.
Croatian People's Party (HNS) leader Ivan Vrdoljak on Saturday called for accelerating the reform processes in the country, saying that this year's priorities were the ratification of the Istanbul Convention and the implementation of the curricular reform.
"All HNS lawmakers will support the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, and as for the reforms, it's time we shifted into fifth gear," Vrdoljak told a press conference in the spa town of Tuheljske Toplice, about 50 kilometres northwest of Zagreb, where the HNS convened to discuss the latest European Commission report on Croatia and define activities the party would undertake to accelerate the reforms.
Vrdoljak recalled that the HNS had unanimously supported the Istanbul Convention in 2015 as a coalition partner in the government of SDP Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, noting that the SDP thought at the time that ratification should be delayed because "the time was not right."
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.
ZAGREB, February 4, 2018 - Ivan Vrdoljak, leader of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), a junior partner in the HDZ-led coalition government, has commented for Hina on several current political topics, one of them being the ratification of the Istanbul convention, saying that even though the HNS has requested its urgent ratification, it is not insisting on any deadline by which it should be done and that toppling the government over that issue would be irresponsible.
Criticising people in power can get you in trouble if you work for the Croatian “independent” public broadcaster.
Six months after resigning, Vrdoljak returns to his old post.
He was vital in HNS’s decision to enter into a coalition with HDZ.
Former HNS president, who resigned during dramatic days when the party was deciding whether to enter into a coalition with HDZ, may be coming back.
Opposition parties oppose government’s plans to help Agrokor.