The Civic Liberal Alliance ( hr, Građansko-liberalni savez, abbr. Glas - lit. ''Voice''/''Vote'') is a

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political party in Croatia. The party was founded by four former

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(HNS) MPs led by

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who were dissatisfied with HNS entering a coalition with the

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(HDZ) and supporting the

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since June 2017.

History

The Party's founding congress was held on 9 July 2017, while it was officially registered with the

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on 26 July 2017. Glas automatically became a parliamentary party with four MPs, making it the fifth largest party in the country in terms of parliamentary representation. In addition,

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also left HNS and joined Glas, so the party also has one MEP. Radoš sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. Another notable member is

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. On 1 December 2017 the party was admitted into the

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as an affiliate member. The party was one of the founding members of the

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, an electoral alliance of seven Croatian liberal political parties. The alliance was founded on 8 December 2018.

Ideology

Party president Mrak-Taritaš described Glas as "a modern, progressive, trans-ideological party in the centre-left, acceptable to people who are liberal, social-liberal and social-democratic." Party's emphasis will be placed on individual freedoms and rights, stable institutions and diversity as a comparative advantage. Party stands for: * the right of women to freely choose on abortion, * extension of

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and civil rights protections, * the right to vote at the local elections at the age of 16, *

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as the foundation of modern Croatia, *

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, strengthening secularization and revision of all four concordats, * comprehensive curriculum reform, * removal of parafiscal tax, * public administration reform, * a stable judiciary, * decentralisation.

Electoral history

Legislative

European Parliament

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Civic-Liberal Alliance 2017 establishments in Croatia Political parties established in 2017 Centrist parties in Croatia Liberal parties in Croatia Pro-European political parties in Croatia Social liberal parties Organizations based in Zagreb