The Key of Croatia ( hr, Ključ Hrvatske) is a populist political party in Croatia, formed out of an anti- eviction 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 "

human shield A human shield is a non-combatant (or a group of non-combatants) who either volunteers or is forced to shield a legitimate military target in order to deter the enemy from attacking it. The use of human shields as a resistance measure was popula ...

", 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. The party refuses to be characterized as being left or right and claims adherence to humanist values.

Ideology and principles

The party has been described as having "praised the writings of David Icke" and "pushed a number of conspiracy theories about chemtrails and vaccinations". 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 evictions 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 *

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and education * lower taxes * termination of the Constitutional Court * abolition of the compulsory HRT subscription * personal freedoms * withdrawal from NATO, proclamation of military neutrality and withdrawal of Croatian soldiers from all military missions abroad * thorough reform of the European Union so it would become "a true European dream - unifying the continent on equal and social grounds" * opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) * full ban on

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(GMO) products * full legalization of

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* animal and environmental protection * recognition of the

State of Palestine Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), Legal status of the State of Palestine, officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state (polity), state located in Western Asia. Officiall ...

* full secularization

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Parliament (''Sabor'')

European Parliament

References

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* {{Authority control Human rights organizations based in Croatia Political parties established in 2011 Eurosceptic parties in Croatia Anti-globalization political parties Cannabis in Croatia Populist parties Economic nationalism Humanist parties Secularism in Europe Syncretic political movements