ZAGREB, July 15, 2020 – Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) president Andrej Plenkovic will bring President Zoran Milanovic at noon on Thursday 76 signatures by elected MPs supporting him as prime minister-designate.
Before that, representatives of the State Electoral Commission will bring the president the official results of the July 5 parliamentary election.
Today Plenkovic is meeting with MPs who support him as PM-designate, including ethnic minority MPs, Croatian Social Liberal Party president Dario Hrebak, Reformists leader Radimir Cacic, and Croatian People’s Party leader Predrag Stromar.
It is expected that on Thursday Plenkovic will present the new government’s ministries. Unofficially, their number is to be reduced to 15 or 16.
Plenkovic will then go to Brussels for a European Council meeting. On Monday, he will present the new government to HDZ bodies.
According to announcements, the new parliament will be inaugurated on July 22.
