ZAGREB, April 15, 2019 – The Croatian parliament will probably soon discuss a MOST-sponsored motion for Croatia to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea, the MOST party’s secretary-general Nikola Grmoja said in Zagreb on Monday.
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
Grmoja said that his party had managed to collect 31 signatures for the motion to be put on the parliament’s agenda, adding that other opposition parties have joined this initiative.
He went on to say that the MOST had proposed this topic in mid-February last year, however, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković had refused to add it to the agenda so far.
MOST proposes that Croatia should declare an exclusive economic zone over 24,000 square kilometres.
Grmoja said that his party insisted that Croatia should follow examples set by some other Mediterranean countries, including France, as well Great Britain.
He criticised the government for not sharing the MOST’s opinion on the need to more strongly protect the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea.
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