• HDZ MPs Nikola Mažar and Maksimilijan Šimrak stated that the opposition will bear responsibility if the Croatian Parliament fails to elect constitutional judges on May 15.
  • Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced HDZ’s support for Mirta Matić, candidate for President of the Supreme Court, proposed by President Zoran Milanović.
  • SDP leader Siniša Hajdaš Dončić accused the Prime Minister of admitting that ‘blackmail was wrong’.
  • HDZ claims it accepted some opposition proposals, including candidate Selanec, but the opposition backed out at the final stage.
  • The May 15 vote could decide the election of constitutional judges and deepen the institutional crisis.

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