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The Patriotic Coalition ( hr, Domoljubna koalicija) was a political alliance in
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formed in 2015. The parties signed the coalition agreement on 21 September 2015. On 2015 parliamentary election, coalition won a relative majority in 5 of the 10 constituencies in Croatia, and all 3 seats reserved for the Croatian diaspora, and thus received a total of 59 of the 151 parliamentary seats, with its main competitor
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coalition also winning a relative majority in 5 of the 10 constituencies in Croatia, and 56 of the 151 parliamentary seats. After more than 40 days of negotiations with the
Bridge of Independent Lists The Bridge ( hr, Most), previously known as Bridge of Independent Lists ( hr, Most nezavisnih lista) until November 2020, is a political party in Croatia founded in 2012. The party is led by Božo Petrov, its founder and the former mayor of Metk ...
(MOST) and numerous twists and turns mainly due to MOST frequently changing terms, coalition achieved agreement with MOST and Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity on forming new government with Prime Minister being independent Tihomir Orešković. Presidents of several coalition party members stated in 2016 that communication among coalition members is bad, with some expressing dissatisfaction with Governments' announced reforms. On June 16, 2016, Coalition supported
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lost a motion of no confidence in the
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, which was followed by the Parliament's self-dissolution on June 20, 2016 which triggered early election that was held in September 2016. On July 7, 2016, 1.500 members of the
Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević Croatian may refer to: *Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , ...
left the party because of their dissatisfaction of how the party was run, accusing it of "becoming a spokesman for
HDZ The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Cro ...
". On the same day, Main Committee of the
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made a decision that they would leave the Coalition and join coalition led by center-left Social Democratic Party of Croatia. On July 25, 2016, HDZ announced that it would leave the Coalition.


Former members

The coalition consisted of ten parties:


History


European parliament

Early versions of the coalition participated in a joint list for elections to the European Parliament in 2013 and 2014.


See also

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2015 Croatian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 8 November 2015. All 151 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This parliamentary election was the 8th since the first multi-party election in 1990 and the first since Croatia joined the Eu ...


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