ZAGREB, November 14, 2018 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday evening that there was no opposition within the parliamentary group of his HDZ party to the Marrakesh migration agreement.
“Earlier today at the meeting of the parliamentary majority and here at the meeting of the HDZ parliamentary group, we have received unanimous support for this document. It is not an international treaty, it is not binding and it leaves every country, including Croatia, the sovereign right to conduct its own migration policy,” Plenković told reporters.
The prime minister said it had not been decided yet who would represent Croatia in Marrakesh. “We haven’t decided that yet. We will see how other countries respond,” he added.
Plenković also spoke of his meeting earlier in the day with Vukovar Mayor Ivan Penava, saying that they had discussed preparations for Vukovar Remembrance Day, the participation of government officials and members of parliament in the Remembrance Procession, and projects for Vukovar.
“Nothing has changed in our relationship. Vukovar is very important to this government. We have increased allocations into the Vukovar fund by 50 percent and we support many projects,” the prime minister said when asked to comment on his relationship with the mayor following a protest rally in this eastern town over inefficiency in prosecuting war crimes from the early 1990s.
Asked about the fake texts affair and Franjo Varga as the chief suspect and his connections with presidential adviser Vlado Galić, Plenković said that the case was being investigated. “What is important is that in our records there is no evidence of any formal cooperation between Mr Varga and the HDZ during the relevant period, and that is 2014 and 2015,” Plenković said, adding that he had no knowledge if there had existed any informal cooperation with individuals.
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