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The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 visited Pula today, where he attended the opening of the conference \u201cDani arhitekata 8.0,\u201d [Architects\u2019 Days 8.0]. The event, which was organized in Pula by the Croatian Chamber of Architects and the Croatian Architects\u2019 Association, is being held under the auspices of the President of the Republic at the Croatian Homeland War Veterans\u2019 Home from the 21st<\/sup> to the 23rd<\/sup> of March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was prime minister, we carried out the legalization of illegal construction, and to this day I have a dilemma regarding that. It was necessary. This solution was simply a way out, out of necessity, a way out of a problem. And today, almost ten years later, when I listen about the problems of illegal construction, I don\u2019t know how they will be solved. I don\u2019t know how they will be solved through decentralization and the transfer of jurisdiction to local self-government units, because it is a matter of repression: force and fear are the only solutions. After so many decades of trying repeatedly, there is no other way,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 said in his address at the conference, in his comments on illegal construction, which remains a problem to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the President spoke about the regulations in the EU and Croatia\u2019s place in it. \u201cThe European Union serves us as a source of funds and as a normative framework, for me much less as an ideology. The European Union is not a superstate. It is not a community in which identities have been erased. The European Union is a community of states, most of which are nation states. And if we surrender easily and without asking questions \u2013 even without legitimate rebellions of a verbal nature \u2013 we will not exist. Let\u2019s be sceptical of everything that happens around us and be critical,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 told those present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that \u201cwe can be proud and satisfied for a reason with what we have and what we inherit\u201d in architecture. \u201cI am in favour of strictly managing the space, and we cannot rely on the European Union here. The European Union still does not have the authority to decide what a particular bay on Bra\u010d or Kor\u010dula will look like. That is for us to decide,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, he warned that for years no care was taken to restore Zagreb, which as a city was \u201cbeautifully conceived, but nothing was done for decades.\u201d \u201cWhat I have been observing for the last thirty years is depressing in terms of reconstruction, energy-efficient renovation and pure aesthetics. Compared to some European cities, we are stagnating and it doesn\u2019t look good. This must change,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107 and added that in similar countries, people, communities and politics have a responsible attitude towards property, while this is not visible in our country\u2019s public space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attitude towards state property says a lot. This building was built more than a hundred years ago,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, referring to the Croatian Homeland War Veterans\u2019 Home, erected in 1872 during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. \u201cThese are things that show how much you care about the country and how much you appreciate it. This is state property. I want capital facilities such as this to be maintained and renovated, to send a message to ourselves that we take ourselves seriously and have self-respect. As I said, we are not the world avant-garde in architecture, because after all we are too small and not wealthy enough, but we are not poor and backward either. We are tough and aware of who and what we are, and that we are capable of governing ourselves. The Deputy Prime Minister said that space is our greatest resource. I agree, our second greatest resource. The first is our people \u2013 today, the architects!\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107, declaring the conference \u201cDani arhitekata 8.0,\u201d [Architects\u2019 Days 8.0] open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to President Milanovi\u0107, speaking at the opening of the conference were the President of the Croatian Chamber of Architects Rajka Bunjevac, President of the Croatian Architects\u2019 Association Mia Roth \u010cerina, Secretary General of the Architects\u2019 Council of Europe Ian Pritchard, President of the Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers Nina Dra\u017ein Lovrec, member of the Steering Committee of the Croatian Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Vanja Glavan, Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Electrical Engineers \u017deljko Radi\u0107, President of the Croatian Chamber of Chartered Geodetic Engineers Ivan Kalina, Director of the Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Ministry of Culture and Media Tomislav Petrinec, Mayor of Pula Filip Zori\u010di\u0107, Istria County Prefect Boris Mileti\u0107, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Branko Ba\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by Velibor Ma\u010dki\u0107, Special Adviser to the President of the Republic for the Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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