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 | | However, HDZ fell short of securing a parliamentary majority, with party leader Ivo Sanader remaining trapped between the urgency to form a stable coalition government by piecing together the available parliamentary seats, and the danger of yielding too much to the various demands of junior coalition partners. |
 | | The Croatian parliament also endorsed the structural changes in the government providing for the reduction of ministerial seats from 19 to 14.The same day elected Prime Minister Ivo Sanader announced his cabinet’s priorities, among others economic and social development, GDP growth, and EU and NATO membership. |
 | | Moreover, the strong showing of the nationalist Croatian Party of Rights (HSO), which captured 10% of the overall vote, warned of the general disappointment of Croatian society with the slow pace of reforms in the country, and the exasperation with the delay of EU negotiations. |
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