• Marijana Puljak (Centar) called Tourism Minister TonĨi Glavina’s appeal to the tourism sector to reduce prices by up to 20% a populist plea.
  • Puljak stated that high tourism prices are caused by taxes, energy costs, and poor infrastructure, all under state control.
  • Centar proposes reducing the number of cities and municipalities from 556 to a maximum of 130 to free up billions of euros for tax cuts.
  • They demand a halt to bureaucracy growth and digitalization instead of hiring 12,500 new people in public administration in two years.
  • Puljak told the minister that competitiveness is not achieved through PR statements but by reducing state costs and tax pressure.