Croatian Sovereigntists not certain of support for anti-Euro referendum

The Croatian Sovereigntists, a right-wing party, reported on Monday (8 November) that they had collected more than 300,000 signatures for a petition for a referendum on maintaining the kuna as Croatia’s sole legal tender.

Though the party could not give the exact numbers of signatures as collection lists are still arriving, a referendum against introducing the euro currency requires 368,867 signatures, which is 10% of all voters on the electoral rolls.

One of the leaders of Sovereigntists told EURACTIV’s partner, daily Jutarnji list, that he can not declare victory with certainty.

“Apart from the HSP (Croatian Party of Rights, not a parliamentary party), our referendum initiative was not supported by any political party or platform”, said one of the Sovereigntists leaders.

The party is facing another challenge: If they have sufficient signatures, it is necessary to determine whether they are valid (for example, whether there are double signatures and whether all data is verifiable). Signatures are to be submitted to the State Electoral Commission for the verification process.

The Croatian government is hoping to enter the eurozone at the beginning of 2023.

(Željko Trkanjec | EURACTIV.hr)