A protest of thousands happened in the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, over the current government’s policies, especially the government’s immigration policies. The group was mostly from the far-left, but right-leaning groups are also prepared to protest over some of the same policies, but also over the government’s refusal to defend its borders from mass “migration.”
What the protesters most want are early elections, something the right-leaning groups that were not invited also support.
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Thousands gathered in the centre of Zagreb on Saturday to join a protest organised by left-wing and centrist parliamentary parties, both opposing the policies of ruling HDZ leader and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and calling for early parliamentary elections.
The SDP, Možemo organised the protest, the Social Democrats and Radnička Fronta, as well as seven other smaller parliamentary parties, in St. Mark’s Square, where parliament and the prime minister’s office are located, to express their opposition to the appointment of Ivan Turudić as the state prosecutor, but also to the policies of ruling HDZ leader and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
They also called for urgent parliamentary elections, which will be held in Croatia this year.
Meanwhile, right-wing parties, including Most, were not invited to join the protests.
While these parties also oppose Plenković’s policy, they demand that the government more actively defend Croatia’s and the EU’s borders against illegal migrants, which, according to Most, was the main reason why they were not included in the protest’s organisation.