People's Coalition (Croatia)

People's Coalition Narodna koalicija
Leader	Davor Bernardić
Founded	23 November 2010 (2010-11-23)
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
Slogan	Safe Direction for Croatia
Sabor	52 / 151
European Parliament	4 / 11
County Prefects	7 / 21
Mayors	36 / 128
Website
narodnakoalicija.hr
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The People's Coalition (Croatian: Narodna koalicija) is a centre-left political alliance in Croatia consisting of four political parties.

The coalition was formed in 2010 as Kukuriku Coalition (Croatian: Kukuriku koalicija). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken from a restaurant of the same name in Kastav where the coalition leaders first convened in July 2009, became well known and was eventually taken as the coalition's official name. The coalition originally consisted of four centrist and center-left parties in the Croatian Parliament: Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS). Colation won 2011 parliamentary election and successfully formed Government led by Zoran Milanović (SDP).

For the 2015 parliamentary election, the coalition changed its name into Croatia is Growing (Croatian: Hrvatska raste), referring to the continuous growth of economic indicators such as GDP, industrial production, exports and employment rate that was made in the last two years of mandate of the Milanović's government. The coalition was joined by the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL), Authentic Croatian Peasant Party (AHSS) and Zagorje Party (ZS), while IDS left. Nevertheless, leader of IDS Boris Miletić explicitly pointed out that his party would still continue to collaborate with the coalition. After the coalition failed to achieve agreement with Bridge of Independent Lists on forming new government, it moved to the opposition.

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