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23. 5. 2013.

Croatian Parliament to hold an Open Day on 25 May 2013

To mark the accession to the European Union and the Croatian Parliament Day the Parliament will be holding an Open Day for the first time.

Entrance will be allowed to all visitors without previous announcement and there will be guided tours for groups. Citizens Service of the Parliament has prepared a special program for this Day including venues that cannot be visited during the regular visitors programs. Together with the Croatian History Museum they have organized an exhibition of precious objects from the history of the Croatian Parliament. Among the exhibits there are rare examples of seal rings used in the late 1860s.

Josip Leko, the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, will visit the exhibition at 11 a.m.

Press representatives have a photo opportunity of the exhibition without visitors from 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.

We invite all the interested citizens to come to the address of Trg sv. Marka 6 where they will go through usual security check. A guided tour takes 30 minutes. Representatives of the foreign press accredited at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs are also invited to visit the Croatian Parliament.

We wish you a pleasant stay in the Croatian Parliament!
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21. 5. 2013.

Gedvilas praises Croatia for being important example in the region

Zagreb - Lithuania supports Croatia's forthcoming admission to the European Union and regards Croatia as an important example for other countries in the region and considers its entry into the European family as an encouragement to other countries, the Speaker of Lithuania's Seimas (parliament), Vydas Gedvilas, said in Zagreb on Tuesday after meeting his Croatian counterpart Josip Leko.

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17. 5. 2013.

Bundestag ratifies Croatia's EU accession treaty

Zagreb - The Bundestag on Thursday ratified Croatia's European Union accession treaty, bringing this process only a step away from formal completion. The treaty was ratified with 583 votes in favour and six abstentions. It now needs to be technically approved by the Bundesrat at a plenary session which begins on June 7.

History

Public Speaking in Sabor

old rules of procedure Ever since the distant past members of Sabor were required to address their fellow members spontaneously, without reading speeches they had written down, since such manner was thought more convincing and effective than reading written texts.

According to the provision of the article 52 of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia dating from 1861: “Speeches written on paper are not to be read”. The 1875 Rules of Procedure in article 40 similarly says: “No member of Sabor is to read his speech”.

There is a provision on the reading ban in the Rules of Procedure of the Croatian State Parliament dating from 1942, but in the Rules of Procedure of the Croatian People’s Parliament from 1947 and in all the later rules of procedure such provisions can no longer be found.

Speaker

Josip Leko is the new Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. He has been the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament until election on 10 October 2012.

MPs

Croatian Parliament - Sabor in its 7th term has 151 MPs elected at the parliamentary elections held on 3rd and 4th December 2011. more

Sabor participated in the preparations of the Republic of Croatia for the European Union membership through its three working bodies. more

Sessions

Pursuant to articles 198 and 203 of the Croatian Parliament’s Standing Orders, Speaker of Parliament convoked the Parliament for the 8th session scheduled to take place on 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 April and on 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29 May 2013.

Ratification Process

Treaty of Croatia's Accession to the EU - Ratification Process in National Parliaments of the Member States

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275 Years of the Croatian Parliament Palace

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