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46-479: IDS was founded on the 14 February 1990 by the writer Ivan Pauletta . IDS embraces principles of respect for human rights and freedoms, regionalism and historical characteristics of Istria , protection of private property and anti-fascism. Party advocates decentralization of Croatia, further development of the Adriatic Euroregion and the establishment of a transnational and cross-border euro-region encompassing

92-581: A "mini coup d'etat ". After convening on Monday 18 March 2024, the Constitutional Court delivered a non-unanimous verdict (with 2 justices voting against, and 2 refusing to vote), opining that Milanović's candidacy from the position of president of the Republic was unconstitutional and warning the SDP against promoting him as part of the campaign or as a political candidate for as long as he remains president, lest

138-778: A craftsman, a director of a factory in Pula that supplied souvenir producers in Medjugorje , to a politician and a member of the Croatian Parliament . Pauletta was born in Premantura : a village in the municipality of Medulin , in the southern part of Istrian peninsula, then part of the Kingdom of Italy . He lived in Ventimiglia until 1946, near the Italian border with France, where his father had

184-500: A day later and leaving the IDS without an Istrian county prefect for the first time since the counties was introduced in 1993. National groups: * observer *associate member **observer Ivan Pauletta Ivan Corrado Pauletta (22 December 1936 – 18 March 2017) was an Istrian Italian politician, journalist and writer active in Croatia . In his career Pauletta ranged from being

230-694: A job at Italian customs. He officially entered politics in 1982, when Pauletta was elected representative of craftsmen in the Associated Labor Council of the Croatian Parliament in Socialist Republic of Croatia , then part of the SFR Yugoslavia . He continued to deal with politics in a local newspaper in Rijeka , with which he began to collaborate in 1988. In 1990 he was among the founders of

276-609: A joint electoral list for the 3rd electoral district. The idea of a joint party list of the main centre-left parties, the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) and Croatian People's Party (HNS-LD), was discussed in the 2007 general election , however ultimately each party contested the election separately. The election resulted in HDZ forming a Government led by Ivo Sanader and SDP and HNS-LD remaining in Opposition . After

322-589: A member of the European Parliament . All prefects of Istria County were members of IDS. In addition, out of 10 towns in Istria county, IDS rules over 5. IDS is member of the Liberal International and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe . The three rams on the party coat of arms represent a historical symbol of the region, which is also represented by the ram in the fourth of the five parts of

368-569: A month before the elections. Originally dubbed "Coalition for a Better Croatia" ( Croatian : Koalicija za bolju Hrvatsku ), the SDP thus began their campaign for the 2024 parliamentary election . This coalition aimed to unite a total of 10 parties: the SDP, HSS, IDS, PGS, the Centre , Focus , the Reformists, the Workers' Front (RF), Glas and People with a First and Last Name ("DO i SIP" or simply IP), and

414-504: A promise that Istria would be maintained as a separate political unit in any future administrative reform of Croatia 's existing system of counties . Furthermore, in addition to its national-level coalition agreements, the Restart Coalition has also formed joint electoral lists with several parties and independent individuals at an electoral district level. These include Petrinja mayor and Member of Parliament Darinko Dumbović of

460-461: A slim margin of around 32,500 votes, winning 49.3% of the vote to Grabar-Kitarović's 50.7%, becoming the first Croatian president to not win re-election. For the 2015 parliamentary election , the coalition changed its name into Croatia is Growing ( Hrvatska raste ) - in reference to the continuous growth of economic indicators such as the GDP, industrial production, exports, and employment rate, which

506-437: The 2011 parliamentary election and successfully formed a government led by Zoran Milanović (SDP). In the 2014–15 presidential election , the coalition supported the candidacy of incumbent president Ivo Josipović . He won 38.46% of the vote in the first round, finishing narrowly ahead of conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović . In the run-off, on 11 January 2015, Josipović lost by

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552-589: The 2014 European Parliament election , the coalition was joined by the Independent Democratic Serb Party eventually winning 4 out of 11 Croatian seats. For the 2015 parliamentary elections , the coalition changed its name into Croatia is Growing, and was joined by Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and Zagorje Party (ZS), while the IDS left. Nevertheless, leader of IDS Boris Miletić explicitly pointed out that his party would still continue to collaborate with

598-509: The Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS). On 10 June 2020, Darinko Dumbović, the mayor of Petrinja , and a member of Parliament for the People's Party – Reformists (NS-R), signed a coalition agreement with the Restart Coalition in the 6th electoral district. Furthermore, on 12 June the Restart Coalition reached an agreement with Matija Posavec, the independent prefect of Međimurje County , on

644-510: The Croatian Bureau of Statistics , Marko Krištof, calculated how many more mandates could a left-liberal alliance consisting of Rivers of Justice, We can! , Focus, and the Workers' Front have gained had they ran in the elections together, on the condition they had received the same number of votes as they did individually: We Can! would have benefited the most, with four more mandates, followed by

690-558: The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). On 9 May 2020, the SDP, HSS, HSU, Civic-Liberal Alliance (Glas) and Power – Party of People's and Civic Engagement (SNAGA), launched a joint electoral programme and announced the beginning of their campaign for the 2020 parliamentary election . In mid-May 2020 the party led by Bjelovar-Bilogora County prefect Damir Bajs – called the Damir Bajs Independent List – joined

736-530: The Istrian Democratic Assembly , a political party founded on the eve of first multi-party elections in the independent Croatia . In the same year he went to Italy to work and in 1993 Pauletta returned to Croatia where he became a deputy of the Croatian Parliament or Sabor . In 1997 he retired from politics to pursue writing. He is also known for the project "Terra d'Istria", or "Histria Terra", which claims an even greater autonomy of Istria from

782-517: The Kukuriku coalition . Its member Darko Lorencin served as the minister of tourism in the Croatian government; he is a cousin of Beatrice Lorenzin : they are of a same Italian-Croat family. In the Croatian Parliament , Damir Kajin most frequently acted as the party's spokesperson, and he headed the party list in the 2007 elections where the party gained 3 representatives. Kajin was however removed from

828-399: The People's Party – Reformists (in the 6th electoral district), as well as non-partisan Međimurje County prefect Matija Posavec (in the 3rd electoral district). The Restart Coalition is led by SDP chairman Davor Bernardić , who is thus the alliance's prime-ministerial candidate. The Social Democratic Party announced negotiations for another center-left coalition on 5 March 2024, about

874-716: The Restart Coalition ( Restart koalicija ). These are the SDP, HSS, HSU, Civic-Liberal Alliance (GLAS) and Power - Party of People's and Civic Engagement (SNAGA), respectively. In May 2020 the coalition was joined by the Damir Bajs Independent List party and the Democratic Alliance of Međimurje, while in June 2020 the coalition was further expanded to include the Istrian Democratic Assembly and

920-486: The Constitutional Court. Milanović later announced that he still intends to become the prime minister "legally and courteously", but refused to reveal how, emphasizing that a vote for any party other than the HDZ is "good". In reaction to Milanović's planned candidacy, three parties left the negotiations for the coalition: RF, Focus and the IDS. Although the SDP decided to stop negotiations with them due to unnamed disagreements,

966-597: The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Zenica , Bosnia and Herzegovina . At the end of 1999 he published his first book "Histria Collage" or "Histrija Kolaz" in both languages: Italian and Croat. In 2005 he published his second book "The fugitive". With a group of authors in 2007, he published a monograph about Premantura. His other book is titled "Stories of Istria", published in 2009. In 2014 Pauletta wrote his last book "Mladić iz stoljeća prošlog" which translates as The young man of

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1012-696: The November 2015 parliamentary election , while the HSS contested the elections as part of the Patriotic Coalition which won 59 seats (2 of those going to HSS itself). One of HSS's two parliamentary representatives and former leader Branko Hrg left the party after the party joined the coalition. On the other hand, Authentic Croatian Peasant Party and Croatian Peasant Party of Radić Brothers which had more than 6.000 members decided to merge into HSS after they split from it in 2007 dissatisfied with HSS's cooperation with

1058-545: The RF cited political and ideological disagreements with Milanović that would have caused them to drop out of the coalition regardless. On the other hand, Focus and the IDS decided to back away mainly due to disagreements with the candidacy itself, arguing that they do not wish to back unconstitutional political maneuvers, as well as due to miscellaneous disagreements with other practices of the SDP, such as aggressive political rhetoric and generally poor negotiation. A former director of

1104-437: The SDP's electoral list for parliament and for the function of SDP's prime minister as an independent. The announcement was concluded with the line "The rivers of justice are coming, they will overflow come spring", taken from Jura Stublić 's song Rijeke pravde (English: The Rivers of Justice ). Milanović intended to resign from the office of president before being sworn into the position of prime minister, thus circumventing

1150-535: The SDP, HNS-LD and Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) would form the People's Coalition ( Narodna koalicija ) for the 2016 parliamentary election , adding that the coalition would be ideologically far-reaching and diverse, as it also encompasses the centre-right Croatian Peasant Party (HSS). The three centre-left parties previously formed the Croatia is Growing coalition with the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party and two smaller parties winning 56 seats in

1196-628: The central government of Zagreb. However, the project was never carried out, and it was indeed a reason for harsh criticism of Pauletta, accused of being an irredentist close to Italian far-right circles. He graduated in mechanical engineering in 1964 in Zagreb , the capital of Croatia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in the following years after bachelor's degree , he made scientific publications regarding mechanical engineering, and he worked as an occasional teacher at

1242-525: The coalition failed to achieve a post-electoral agreement with the Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) on the formation of the new government, it was required to move into the opposition. On 16 July 2016, the SDP, HNS-LD, HSU and the HSS signed coalition agreement in Zabok and thus re-established the coalition under a new name - the People's Coalition ( Narodna koalicija ). Following the 2016 parliamentary election ,

1288-539: The coalition failed to achieve agreement with MOST on forming new government, which was formed by the independent Tihomir Orešković who was supported by the centre-right alliance, the Patriotic Coalition . Coalition party members returned to the opposition. On 9 April 2016, president of HNS-LD, Ivan Vrdoljak , announced that the coalition ceased to exist since each party had its own parliamentary club adding that his party would still cooperate with its former coalition allies. On 9 July 2016, Zoran Milanović announced that

1334-554: The coalition launched their manifesto for the 2011 general election called "Plan 21" in Zagreb. In 2011 elections Coalition won the majority in 8 out of 10 electoral districts which resulted in gaining 81 out of 151 seats in the Parliament. On 23 December 2015, the coalition formed the 10th Croatian Government led by Zoran Milanović . The coalition participated on the 2013 European Parliament election and won 5 out of 12 Croatian seats. For

1380-407: The coalition once again failed to return to the government and thus remained in the opposition. The coalition's founder, former prime minister Zoran Milanović, was elected the 5th president of Croatia in the 2019–20 presidential election . He did so by defeating the incumbent, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, of the ruling HDZ. In the run-up to the 2020 parliamentary election five parties agreed to form

1426-461: The coalition, and later took an active part in the 2015 post-election negotiations on forming new government as de facto member of the coalition. The coalition eventually ended up winning the majority in 5 out of 10 electoral districts and eventually gained 56 out of 151 seats in the Parliament. After more than 40 days of negotiations with the Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST) and numerous twists and turns mainly due to MOST frequently changing terms,

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1472-468: The coalition. It was followed a few days later by the Democratic Alliance of Međimurje (MDS). In June 2020 the coalition was expanded when the original member parties agreed to terms set out by the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) and the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar (PGS) for joining the common electoral lists. Namely, the IDS and the PGS had asked the Restart Coalition for certain reassurances, including

1518-574: The constitutional prohibition of the President of Croatia from participating in party politics or holding another public office—something that Grbin preemptively inquired about via a letter to the Constitutional Court of Croatia . The move was, however, first scrutinized by constitutional experts and political opposition over the following weekend, claiming the candidacy was "unconstitutional", with acting prime minister, Andrej Plenković, calling it

1564-527: The crown resting atop the Croatian coat of arms , 25-field white and red chequerboard, on the Croatian flag. The party was founded in 1990 by Ivan Pauletta, Elio Martinčić and Mario Sandrić, on the eve of the first multi-party elections in Croatia after communism . The party decided not to participate, thus allowing the post-communist Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) to sweep the region's votes. The party

1610-400: The elections be postponed or their results rejected. Consequently, Grbin affirmed they will comply with the verdict, but decided to rename the coalition to Rivers of Justice in reference to Milanović's announcement. Both Grbin and Milanović claimed that the court's verdict is an "attempt at a coup " that "certain individuals" organized by relying on personal connections to the president of

1656-488: The first election for newly formed Istria County , state-controlled media launched an unprecedented media blitz directed almost exclusively at Istria. This effort spectacularly backfired as Istrian voters gave almost three quarters of their votes to IDS. After that no party challenged IDS supremacy in Istria, at least not directly. The main policy of the IDS is intercession of cultural and economical identity of Istria and equal status for Italian and Croatian in Istria. This

1702-456: The last century . Kukuriku coalition Rivers of Justice ( Croatian : Rijeke pravde ) is a centre-left political alliance in Croatia . Gathered around the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), the coalition was originally formed in 2010 as the Kukuriku coalition ( Kukuriku koalicija ). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken from a restaurant of

1748-487: The party's membership on 3 January 2013 after forming his own coalition for the 2013 local elections in Istria. This reduced the IDS from three to two representatives in the Croatian Sabor , and forced the party's parliamentary club to dissolve due to insufficient membership. On February 4, 2022, the party's presidency launched disciplinary proceedings against former President Boris Miletić , leading Miletić to leave party

1794-415: The resignation of Prime Minister Sanader in 2009, SDP, HNS-LD and the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) started discussing the possibility of contesting the 2011 parliamentary election more extensively. On 23 November 2010 the three parties along with HSU signed a declaration "Alliance for Change" officially confirming their intention of a joint appearance in the next election. On 15 September 2011,

1840-665: The same name in Kastav where the coalition leaders first convened in July 2009, became well known and was eventually taken as the coalition's official name. The coalition originally consisted of four centrist and centre-left parties in the Croatian Parliament : the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS). The coalition won an absolute majority of seats in

1886-573: The whole of Istria. The party president is currently Dalibor Paus , municipal mayor of Barban . IDS held the Ministry of European Integration between 2000 and 2001 in the Cabinet of Ivica Račan and Ministry of Tourism between 2011 and 2015 in the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović . IDS member Boris Miletić serves as current County Prefect of the Istrian County , while former prefect Valter Flego serves as

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1932-454: Was achieved in the last two years of the mandate of the Milanović's government. The coalition was later joined by the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and Zagorje Party (ZS), while the IDS in turn left it. Nevertheless, the leader of the IDS, Boris Miletić , explicitly pointed out that his party would still continue to collaborate with the coalition. After

1978-408: Was briefly part of the national government following 2000 parliamentary and presidential elections. One year later, IDS, dissatisfied with the way Ivica Račan and his coalition partners treated Istria, left the government, although they continued to support it in Parliament. In 2006, IDS joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party. From 2010–2015, IDS was a member of

2024-427: Was conceived of as a reaction to the large number of corruption scandals involving ministers of the ruling party, HDZ, over their two mandates in power. Despite originally intending for chairman Peđa Grbin to be the prime-ministerial candidate, the SDP organized a press conference on Friday 15 March 2024, where Zoran Milanović, the acting president of Croatia, made a surprise announcement of his candidature both on

2070-418: Was in opposition to Tuđman and his hard-line nationalism. Other Croatian political parties were more pragmatic, and IDS cooperated with them in the Croatian Parliament and during elections. In Istria, however, IDS is bitterly opposed by local branches of SDP, as well as their former member and first Istrian prefect Luciano Delbianco who had defected and formed a new party called Istrian Democratic Forum . IDS

2116-468: Was led by Ivan Jakovčić between 1991 and 2014. IDS instead made its electoral debut in the 1992 elections and used the collapse of the SDP to take all three Istrian constituencies. This result turned Istria into an area of significant concern for Croatian President Franjo Tuđman and his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which had dominated every other region in Croatia. For the first elections for Croatian Chamber of Counties , which also coincided with

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