The Croatian Democratic Union (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, HDZ) has won yet another election in Croatia. After the success it had on the European and presidential elections, the so-called „Patriotic Coalition“, led by the aforementioned party has won 59 out of 151 seats in the Parliament. Their opponents, a slightly-altered version of the current leading coalition led by the leftist Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske, SDP), won 56 seats. However, the results are far from final. According to the Croatian Constitution, the party that would be given the mandate to form a government has to assure the support of 76 seats in the Parliament. So far, none of the new major parties has succeeded in that task.
Miroslav Macan recieved a Master degree in Political Science in the fields of Comparative Politics and International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb. After being a long term student assistant on several courses, he is currently working as a research associate at the Academy for Political Development in Zagreb, Croatia.
After obtaining a Bachelor degree from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb, Tea Trubić recieved a Master degree in European Studies at KU Leuven.
Tihomir Cipek
Tihomir Cipek, is a full time professor at the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb. He served as president of the Croatian Political Science Association. In 2006, he won the Croatian National Award for Science. He was a visiting professor and researcher at the University of Göttingen, Marburg an der Lahn, Vienna, Bonn, Bratislava, London, and at the Institute for the Science of Man in Vienna. The subject of his research interests are political ideologies, Croatian and comparative politics and European studies.