{"id":27387,"date":"2023-12-08T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=27387"},"modified":"2023-12-08T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:53:23","slug":"president-milanovic-were-in-the-european-union-but-we-have-to-use-our-heads","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-were-in-the-european-union-but-we-have-to-use-our-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107: We\u2019re in the European Union, but we have to use our heads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTo be independent \u2013 we are, to be a member of the European Union, but we have to use our heads because we know what our experience was with Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna. Brussels is more democratic than them, but there is something that comes first, and that is Croatia and our interests, which we must strongly and fiercely push because no one will otherwise see them. To achieve results it\u2019s necessary to think, observe and fight for our interest, be vigilant and persistent in order to achieve them. Maybe your town is an example of that. This is a town that lives to its fullest, is developing, is making money and isn\u2019t dying. People will come and go, will return\u201d, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 stated today in Nova Gradi\u0161ka where he participated in Municipal Day celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address at the special session of the Nova Gradi\u0161ka Town Council on the occasion of Municipal Day and the Feast of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, President Milanovi\u0107 commented on the budget of Nova Gradi\u0161ka. \u201cI see that most of the budget is represented by European funds, 15 million euros is quite some money. This is money we once couldn\u2019t even imagine in Croatia at this level. And that\u2019s good. That\u2019s European money, but ours as well\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 said, underlining that every euro that isn\u2019t spent is a failure which needs justification and explanation why it wasn\u2019t spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis town is an example of how work is done cleverly within the scope of what is possible. Nova Gradi\u0161ka is doing a serious job within the scope of what is possible, and that\u2019s evident at every step\u201d, the President noted, and cautioned that soon we will not have this amount of European funds at our disposal as we have presently. \u201cThere will be less and less money. This is a golden and mature period in which we have to face the fact that it won\u2019t last forever. This money has to be tapped as intelligently as possible\u201d, he said, and, as an example, he mentioned the money smartly invested from the EU funds in the Technological Innovative Centre in Nova Gradi\u0161ka just opened within the framework of the realization of the project of the Research and Product Development \u2013 Nova Gradi\u0161ka (CEKOM NING), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis town had a tradition of a quality metal processing industry and in some way you have this again here. Money is earned in this sector, and I would recommend this to everyone. Certainly some new jobs will develop from this at a level of knowledge and earnings that not everyone has\u201d, the President indicated, and gave his full support and encouragement to everyone in Croatia who tries to go this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address he also mentioned Slavonski Brod and the \u201c\u0110uro \u0110akovi\u0107\u201d company where the first American Bradley Fighting Vehicles arrived, and said: \u201cThis isn\u2019t only a matter for the Croatian Army. The Army is thus strengthened, but the job will be done in \u201c\u0110uro \u0110akovi\u0107\u201d, our experts will do the work. The idea was for the entire work to be done here and to make the Army happy too, for the citizens to get a better level of security, but also for the job to be given to a company that must work, or else it would lose the know-how and the people\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in addition to President Milanovi\u0107 were the president of the Nova Gradi\u0161ka Town Council Dinka Matijevi\u0107, the mayor Vinko Grgi\u0107, the first mayor of Nova Gradi\u0161ka Ante \u0160oli\u0107, and the Brod-Posavina County Prefect Danijel Maru\u0161i\u0107. In the scope of the special session of the Town Council, public commendations and annual awards were presented to the most deserving individuals for their contribution to the Town\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 was the Adviser to the President for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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