The Key of Croatia ( hr, Ključ Hrvatske) is a

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, formed out of an anti-

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group of the same name. The party changed its name on 21 May 2022 from its then name Human Shield the group opposes foreclosures by occupying property and forming a "

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", hence the name. The party was founded on 2 June 2011. The party grew out of the organization that operated until 2014 as the Alliance for Change ( hr, Savez za promjene). The organization formed into a party ahead of the 2014–15 presidential election, supporting the candidacy of

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (born 28 August 1990), or simply Ivan Sinčić, is a Croatian politician and anti-eviction activist, chairman of the Key of Croatia party (formerly known as ''Human Shield'') and member of the European Parliament since 2 ...

. The party refuses to be characterized as being left or right and claims adherence to

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values.

Ideology and principles

The party has been described as having "praised the writings of

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" and "pushed a number of

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about

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and

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s". An article for the magazine ''Jacobin'' by Juraj Katalenac described the party as a populist group that "is often portrayed as part of the left, but it offers more conspiracies theories than progressive policies." The party believes that the current monetary system is unfair and unsustainable because it is based on money as debt, i.e. all the money in circulation comes as a loan with an interest rate that never went into circulation (only principal did), which is, according to the party, the cause of many evictions in Croatia. The party stands for: * non-credit money (the state must have the power of making money, and not the private banks) * audit and prosecution of the 1990s process of privatization and ownership transformation * legal prohibitions of permanent

s and confiscation of the only real estate in which the defendant lives alone or with his family * revival of Croatian agriculture * thorough reform of the judiciary and public administration *

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of the corrupt staff * free health care and

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* lower taxes * termination of the

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* abolition of the compulsory HRT subscription * personal freedoms * withdrawal from

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, proclamation of military neutrality and withdrawal of Croatian soldiers from all military missions abroad * thorough reform of the

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so it would become "a true European dream - unifying the continent on equal and social grounds" * opposition to the

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was a proposed trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, with the aim of promoting trade and multilateral economic growth. According to Karel de Gucht, European ...

(TTIP) * full ban on

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(GMO) products * full legalization of

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* animal and environmental protection * recognition of the

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* full

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Electoral results

Presidential elections

Parliament (''Sabor'')

European Parliament

References

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