Croatian Democratic Union Hrvatska demokratska zajednica | |
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| Abbreviation | HDZ |
| President | Andrej Plenković |
| Secretary | Krunoslav Katičić |
| Spokesman | Zoltan Kabok |
| Founder | Franjo Tuđman |
| Founded | 17 June 1989 |
| Headquarters | Trg žrtava fašizma 4, Zagreb |
| Youth wing | Youth of the Croatian Democratic Union |
| Membership (2020) | c. 210,384[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism Christian democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International International Democracy Union |
| Colours | Blue |
| Sabor | 55 / 151 |
| European Parliament | 6 / 12 |
| County Prefects | 13 / 21 |
| Mayors | 56 / 128 |
| Municipalities | 196 / 428 |
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The Croatian Democratic Union (Croatian: Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit. 'Croatian Democratic Community', HDZ) is a major conservative,[2][3] centre-right[3][4] political party in Croatia. Since 2016, it has been the ruling political party in Croatia under the incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croatia, along with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). It is currently the largest party in the Sabor with 55 seats. The HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 before the country gained independence from Yugoslavia until 2000 and, in coalition with junior partners, from 2003 to 2011, and since 2016. HDZ is a member of the Centrist Democrat International, International Democracy Union, and the European People's Party,[5] and sits in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament. HDZ is the first political party in Croatia to be convicted of corruption.[6]
- ^ "Službeni rezultati unutarstranačkih izbora: Andrej Plenković osvojio je 78.6%, a Miro Kovač 21.4%". hdz.hr (in Croatian). 17 July 2016.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Croatia". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ a b Stojić, Marko (2017). Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans: Transformation, Opposition or Defiance?. Springer. pp. 82–85. ISBN 978-3-319-59563-4.
- ^ Jansen, Thomas; Van Hecke, Steven (2011), At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party, Springer, p. 79, ISBN 9783642194146, retrieved 26 July 2012
- ^ "Parties and Partners". European People's Party. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ IUS-INFO (14 October 2021). The Supreme Court handed down a verdict for Fimi media: Ivo Sanader gets a year in prison less, HDZ's fine of HRK 3.5 million confirmed. "On Wednesday, the Supreme Court partially confirmed the verdict from the repeated proceedings in the Fimi media case, so HDZ will have to pay HRK 3.5 million in fines for extracting money from state institutions and companies, while former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's sentence was reduced from eight to seven years in prison."
- Al Jazeera (2021) Can HDZ be called a criminal party in the future? "The Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia made a decision according to which it partially confirms the verdict from the repeated proceedings in the "Fimi media" case. According to that decision, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) must return HRK 14.6 million (almost two million euros) and pay a fine of HRK 3.5 million (half a million euros) for withdrawing money from state institutions and companies to the state budget."
- Slobodna Dalmacija (2020) Constitutional expert: As a political party, the HDZ has been convicted of corrupt acts, but if it were the opposition, I would not be jubilant. It's not over yet... "HDZ is the first party in Croatia to be legally convicted of corruption. This is an act equal to high treason, and the HDZ has thus officially become a criminal organization, claim the opposition after the verdict of the Supreme Court in the "Fimi-media" affair."
- Index.hr (2020) Today's verdict doesn't say anything we don't already know about HDZ, but it says a lot about the voters. "Here are some more facts: HDZ is responsible for the robbery of our money, for which he was now wrongfully convicted at the repeated trial for the Fimi Media affair and must pay a fine of HRK 3.5 million. Furthermore, the court ruled that the property benefit of HRK 14.7 million obtained through criminal acts should be confiscated from the HDZ. In other words, HDZ has proven to have stolen at least HRK 14.7 million from all of us in this affair alone. The court orders HDZ to pay HRK 10,359 million to the budget within 15 days."
- BBC (2014) Former Croatia PM Ivo Sanader convicted of corruption. "A court in Croatia has sentenced former PM Ivo Sanader to nine years in prison after convicting him and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of corruption."