{"id":43671,"date":"2026-06-14T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=43671"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:25:35","slug":"president-milanovic-europe-today-is-led-by-people-to-whom-peace-and-cooperation-are-not-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-europe-today-is-led-by-people-to-whom-peace-and-cooperation-are-not-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107: Europe today is led by people to whom peace and cooperation are not a priority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAt all times, we must be careful and look at what\u2019s good for Croatia, look at what can cost us, and look at what can harm us. Because Europe is being led by all sorts of people and at the moment, it seems to me that peace and cooperation are not a priority for them. There is a lot of coercion, a need for domination, and for lecturing to everyone all over the world. People don’t like that, especially people from other cultures, different religions, different skin colours. And that’s why I say that we must fully consciously and selflessly stick to our own,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 at the ceremonial session of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Brdovec held today on the occasion of the Municipality Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President added that Croatia had been in large systems before, such as the Habsburg Monarchy, in which it \u201cboth received and gave, but fought all the time for its own\u201d. \u201cBut we saw who it was dealing with because that someone was there. In the end, it wasn’t that bad, it wasn’t ideal, but we had a clear position\u201d, added the President, emphasizing that a comparison with everything we have today is not possible. \u201cToday, we are in a much larger system from which we receive something, but we also gave something in order to receive it. And we gave a lot with the aim and hope that it would bring us good. And as long as it brings us good, as long as it fills our pockets, as long as we can develop from it \u2013 that is a good thing. But we must constantly measure and calculate, not get carried away by grand ideas that will unite everyone and make Europe one state. It\u2019s not that there is something wrong with that, but it is a dangerous delusion that can only lead to war\u201d, believes President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are building for young people. I see people moving into Brdovec. This is a new time  for this region that will \u2013 I am convinced \u2013 develop with all the challenges that are not so serious and scary, because here people lead a mostly peaceful and organized life. That has always been the case and stick to it. You have Slovenians on the other side of the border who are our most normal neighbours. With such neighbours you can work, develop, do business and negotiate normally,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107 in his address to the citizens of the Brdovec Municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the President said that \u201cthe European money should be allocated as much as possible.\u201d \u201cSpend it on schools, kindergartens, and sewers. These are all necessary and nice things, but there is no added value or direct development from that,\u201d concluded President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from President Milanovi\u0107, the President of the Municipal Council of Brdovec Damir Slavnovi\u0107, and the Mayor of Brdovec Municipality Alen Prelec addressed the ceremonial session, as well as the Mayor of Zapre\u0161i\u0107 \u017deljko Turk, who addressed the ceremonial session on behalf of Zagreb County and all other local and regional units of self-government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by his Adviser for local and regional self-government relations Nik\u0161a Peronja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Tomislav Bu\u0161ljeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAt all times, we must be careful and look at what\u2019s good for Croatia, look at what can cost us, and look at what can harm us. Because Europe is being led by all sorts of people and at the moment, it seems to me that peace and cooperation are not a priority for them. There is a lot of coercion, a need for domination, and for lecturing to everyone all over the world. People don’t like that, especially people from other cultures, different religions, different skin colours. And that’s why I say that we must fully consciously and selflessly stick to our own,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 at the ceremonial session of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Brdovec held today on the occasion of the Municipality Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43670,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-43671","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Milanovi\u0107: Europe today is led by people to whom peace and cooperation are not a priority - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-europe-today-is-led-by-people-to-whom-peace-and-cooperation-are-not-a-priority\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107: Europe today is led by people to whom peace and cooperation are not a priority - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cAt all times, we must be careful and look at what\u2019s good for Croatia, look at what can cost us, and look at what can harm us. 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