Croatia Politics

Croatia has a multi-party system, where parties have to work together in coalition governments as it is near-impossible to gain an outright majority in parliament under the system of proportional representation which has been adopted there.

Since the 2003 elections, the main topic of Croatia’s foreign policy has always been the admittance to the European Union.

Recently the political landscape in Croatia has been affected by signficant
alienation of Croats from mainstream politics. It was particularly evident in the latest local and presidential elections when there was a record low turnout in almost all regions. Even the voters who did turn out showed a rebellion against the mainstream and supported parties on the fringes of the system to a far greater extent than ever before rather than the traditional parties.

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