The Democrats ( hr, Demokrati) are a

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Croatian political party headed by

Mirando Mrsić Mirando Mrsić (born 14 October 1959) is a Croatian physician and politician who served as a Minister of Labour and Pension System in the centre left Government of Zoran Milanović from 23 December 2011 until 22 January 2016. Mrsić was born in ...

. The party was founded on the 20 October 2018 in

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. It was officially registered with the

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on 27 November 2018. According to the party, their program is based on a "long-term, stable,

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of Croatia. The party was part of the

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, an

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of seven Croatia liberal political parties, that participated in the

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Political position

At the founding congress, Mrsić stated that the party will campaign for "a Croatia where everybody is paid for their work and of which they can live, has a dignified pension, equal access to quality health care, equal opportunity in education and to live safely in a clean and healthy environment." The party supports: * a competitive digital economy, * decentralization, * raising wages and pension, * access to modern technologies and fast internet, *

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

and civic liberties, * environmental protection, * equal opportunity in education and employment, *

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, * a fair judicial system, * cutting down

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es, etc.

Electoral history

Legislative

European Parliament

References

External links

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