{"id":17006,"date":"2022-05-05T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=17006"},"modified":"2022-05-05T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:31:46","slug":"president-milanovic-at-pula-municipal-day-ceremony-there-can-be-no-first-second-or-even-third-class-states-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-pula-municipal-day-ceremony-there-can-be-no-first-second-or-even-third-class-states-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 at Pula Municipal Day Ceremony: There can be no first, second or even third-class states in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended a special session of the City Council of Pula held on the occasion of Liberation Day and Pula Municipal Day in the Istrian National Theatre \u2013 Pula City Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHappy Pula Municipal Day, which is celebrated on today\u2019s date when Pula was liberated. Istria was not exclusively a Croatian ethnic area, particularly not Pula. In Pula, Croats were a minority,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, referring to the time when, as he put it, \u201cCroatian partisans joined Istria with Croatia.\u201d There was a change in the population of Istria, the President added in regard to that. \u201cTens of thousands of people left. In order for us to be able to ask for some things from others, for moral reasons we ourselves need to admit what took place in Istria. I see that in Istria this level of maturity and fairness exists. I am pleased to see such multiculturalism and community, awareness of our own shortcomings and mistakes, but also the sheer energy and desire to build better, to get past some things and move forward,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 told the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, the President also touched on the COVID-19 situation from the past two years, expressing hope that the crisis is behind us for good. \u201cI hope that we will draw some lessons and conclusions from that situation. And when it ended, Russia attacked Ukraine, war broke out, the economy slowed and people in Europe were forced to pay more for energy and food,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, pointing out that rising food and energy costs affect people who live off wages the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFight for every euro of European money. Croatia, including Istria, fought for and always wanted and had the European dream, and now lives the European reality. But Europe is also a Europe of first, second and even third-class states,\u201d said the President, emphasizing that we should never accept that. \u201cWe have invested our sovereignty in Europe, what many Istrians fought and died for in the Homeland War. This has its price and a moral obligation. As a state, we have renounced certain rights that belong to us in order to invest in a joint project, Europe, and get something out of it,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, noting that Croatia does not absorb enough funds from the European Union. \u201cToo little for a country the size of Croatia. As long as that is the case, I see as the only measure of success of state policy, and regional and local policy, not in ideological speeches, but exclusively in the success of taking money that is ours. This is the goal we should strive for. This is the key task of Croatian politics,\u201d the President emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe war in Ukraine will not in any way solve the major problems. I don\u2019t like the term \u2013 \u2018it\u2019s not our war\u2019, but we have to be careful what we do, say and which side we take. And we have to keep our interests in mind. Istria knows this very well \u2013 about staying clean, standing straight, being honest, while keeping your interests in mind and knowing where you belong. When the big ones fight, the little ones don\u2019t go under the table. The little ones move away, watch and observe. They keep their thoughts to themselves and that\u2019s the way we should act as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the special session apart from President Milanovi\u0107 were the President of the City Council of Pula Du\u0161ica Radoj\u010di\u0107, Mayor of Pula Filip Zori\u010di\u0107 and Istria County Prefect Boris Mileti\u0107. Adviser to the President of the Republic for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\u0107 was alongside President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the special session and in the company of the Mayor of Pula Filip Zori\u010di\u0107, the President of the Republic attended the opening of an exhibition entitled \u201cSmareglia in the Metropolitan\u201d at the Vincent of Kastav Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Ana Marija Kati\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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