Croatian Growth

Croatian Growth
President	Ladislav Ilčić^[1]
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Ideology	Social conservatism Political Catholicism
Political position	Right-wing
National affiliation	Patriotic Coalition
Sabor	0 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 11
Website
h-rast.hr
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Croatian Growth (Croatian: Hrvatski rast, acronym Hrast is a Croatian word for Oak tree) is a political party in Croatia established in 2011. Its founding was initiated by several conservative Catholic NGOs, Croatian section of Radio Maria, Croatian Republican Union, Family Party, Christian Democrat politician Ante Ledić, author Hrvoje Hitrec and two candidates in 2010 Presidential elections in Croatia, historian Josip Jurčević and Miroslav Tuđman, son of first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman.^[2] The party maintains contacts with European Christian Political Movement.^[3]

In the European Parliament election, 2013, Croatian Growth received 2,55% of votes, which was not enough to gain a seat.

The party participated in the Patriotic Coalition at the Croatian parliamentary election, 2015. In that election, it became possible for candidates to receive preferential votes, and the candidates of Hrast won a total of 8,800 (out of a coalition total of 771,070).^[4]

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
↑ Arhiva - stari hrsvijet.net 2. "HRsvijet.net". HRsvijet.net. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
↑ "Ladislav Ilčić on the European elections and the situation in Croatia | ECPM". Ecpm.info. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
↑ Suzana Barilar (13 November 2015). "Preferencijalni glasovi". Jutarnji list (in Croatian).

Government	Croatian Democratic Union (49) Bridge of Independent Lists (15) Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (3) Croatian Peasant Party (2) Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2) Bloc of Pensioners Together (1) Croatian Growth (1) Croatian Christian Democratic Party (1)

Opposition	Social Democratic Party (42) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (11) Labour Party (3) Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) Croatian Dialogue Initiative (3) Croatian Party of Pensioners (2) Independent Democratic Serb Party (2) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (2) People's Party - Reformists (1) Human Shield (1)

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