• MP Igor Peternel (DOMiNO) stated that May 8 marks a ’national catastrophe’ – the entry of partisan units into Zagreb in 1945.
  • Peternel claims that nationally conscious Croats celebrate August 5, Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans Day.
  • Member of the Presidency of Croatian Sovereignists Davorin Karačić warned that the same people who celebrate May 8 could declare Operation Storm a crime.
  • Krešimir Bušić (HSP) argued that on May 8, 1945, the Croatian state created during World War II was destroyed.
  • Peternel commented that tomorrow’s events in Zagreb (March for Life, Trnjanski krijesovi, Dinamo-Hajduk match) pose a challenge for the police.