The Lobbying Act was adopted to promote greater transparency and protect the public interest. But if the reports are secret, how can the public, civil society and journalists monitor the law's implementation?
After reading the Croatia chapter of the 2026 Rule of Law Report, it is difficult to escape the impression that two parallel realities exist: the one seen by the European Commission and the one experienced every day by Croatian citizens.
Large online platforms in the EU publish statements of all their content moderation decisions in a single, unified database. In practice, however, its actual transparency remains largely insufficient.
Gong’s set of recommendations, intended to encourage dialogue between civil society organisations and relevant institutions, is open to further additions.
The appeal to the Government, entitled “The Constitution is valid for everyone – the Government must prevent any threat to artistic and journalistic freedoms”, has so far been signed by 175 civil society organizations, unions, and institutions, as well as more than 1,200 individuals.
Gong has submitted a proposal to the Constitutional Court to review and amend the decision by which a ballot in Zadar — on which a list was properly marked but an illegible word was added at the bottom — was declared invalid.
