ZAGREB, May 17, 2020 – A coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) would not be possible even in the worst of nightmares, SDP leader Davor Bernardic said on Sunday, noting that the HDZ was staying in power thanks to political trade-offs.
“There can be no coalition with the party that is being tried for corruption, whose government lost 11 ministers due to suspected corruption and which has been staying in power thanks to political trade-offs in the parliament. A coalition with the HDZ would not be possible even in the worst of nightmares,” Bernardic said during a visit to Varazdin.
His statement was a response to a reporter’s question if SDP member Branko Grcic’s statement about a possible government of national salvation was an announcement of a grand coalition between the HDZ and SDP.
Bernardic said that Grcic’s statement had been taken out of context.