The Amsterdam Coalition ( hr, Amsterdamska koalicija) was an

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centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

and

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political parties in

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History

The alliance consisted of six parties - the

Civic Liberal Alliance The Civic Liberal Alliance ( hr, Građansko-liberalni savez, abbr. Glas - lit. ''Voice''/''Vote'') is a liberal political party in Croatia. The party was founded by four former Croatian People's Party (HNS) MPs led by Anka Mrak Taritaš who wer ...

(GLAS),

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(IDS-DDI),

Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that t ...

(HSS),

Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar The Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar ( hr, Primorsko-goranski savez or PGS) is a minor Croatian liberal regionalist political party of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. They formerly had one representative in the Croatian Parliament in an alliance ...

(PGS), Democrats and Croatian Labourists. It was formally formed on the 8 December 2018 when

Anka Mrak-Taritaš Anka Mrak-Taritaš (born 24 November 1959) is a Croatian politician and architect who has been member of the Croatian Parliament for the II electoral district since the 2016 parliamentary election, and a member of the Zagreb Assembly since 2017. ...

(GLAS),

Krešo Beljak Krešo Beljak ( ; born 22 August 1971) is a Croatian politician who has been mayor of Samobor since 2009, and a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2016. He is also President of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) since 2016. Early life and edu ...

(HSS) and

Boris Miletić Boris Miletić (; born 2 September 1975) is a Croatian economist and politician who has been List of prefects of Istria County, prefect of Istria County since 2021 and president of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) from 2014 to 2021. Mileti ...

(IDS-DDI) signed a coalition agreement for the

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. On 23 February 2019, the Coalition presented their list of 12 candidates for the

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, headed by

Valter Flego Valter Flego (born 15 August 1972) is a Croatian politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia since 2 July 2019. Previously he had served as the 4th prefect of Istria County from 2013 to 2019, as well as he served three ...

of the IDS. The coalition stated in their programme that they "fight for a progressive, free and prosperous Croatia", while also "opposing intolerance, incompetence and primitivism". The term "Amsterdam Coalition" first started appearing in Croatian media at the end of 2017, after GLAS and

Pametno Centre ( hr, Centar) is a liberal political party in Croatia. The party was formed under the name ''Pametno'' ( en, Intelligently) in Split in 2015 out of the citizens' initiative ''Za pametne ljude i pametan grad'' ("For smart people and a s ...

joined the

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, a transnational European political party, in

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. Pametno left the coalition in August 2018, after disagreements concerning the

Uljanik Uljanik was a shipbuilding company in Pula, Croatia. History Uljanik was founded in 1856, in the carefully selected bay of Pula (then known as Pola) as a shipyard of the Austro-Venetian Navy (from 1867 to 1918 Austro-Hungarian Navy). The foun ...

shipbuilding company. After the 2019 European Parliament election, the

Croatian Party of Pensioners The Croatian Party of Pensioners ( hr, Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika or HSU) is a Croatian centre-left political party that is currently led by Veselko Gabričević. When the party was founded, few people took it seriously and many commentator ...

(HSU) announced that they are leaving the alliance and joining the

Social Democratic Party of Croatia The Social Democratic Party of Croatia ( hr, Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, SDP) is a social-democratic political party in Croatia. The SDP is anti-fascist, progressive, and strongly pro-European. The SDP was formed in 1990 as the succe ...

for the 2020 parliamentary election. GLAS President Anka Mrak-Taritaš confirmed in March 2020 that the coalition doesn't exist anymore.

Members

Electoral performance

European Parliament

References

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