Bridge of Independent Lists

Tomislav Karamarko, who also holds the position of vice prime minister, said on Tuesday that his HDZ party will initiate a motion of no confidence to oust Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic because it believes the government has become dysfunctional.

Karamarko said that his party was ready for new elections, but Croatia "does not have time for that".

Bozo Petrov, vice prime minister and president of the junior government party, Bridge of the Independent Lists, MOST, said on Friday that his ministers and MPs will vote to impeach Tomislav Karamarko, Vice-Prime Minister and president of the leading government party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

Croatia's Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, has received over 3,600 comments in less than 24 hours on a Facebook page after opting to form a government with the centre-right parties.

The political deadlock in Croatia should finally be resolved on Monday when the prime minister-designate will be named, according to key negotiating political parties.

Croatia's governing centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, on Wednesday said it had accepted the key terms set by the post-election kingmaker party, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic will launch a second round of consultations on Monday with party leaders and individual MPs, in order to identify whether any of them have enough parliamentary support to win the mandate to form the country's next government.

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic called the first session of the new parliament for Thursday despite the fact that no coalition has yet secured enough backing from MPs to form a government.

The first session will be run by the former chair of the parliament, Josip Leko, from the previous centre-left Social Democratic Party, SDP-led government.

After Croatia's parliamentary elections resulted in no clear winner, the ruling centre-left coalition, Croatia Grows, is seeking to gather a majority in parliament to form a new government.

Croatia Grows, led by the governing Social Democratic Party, SDP, won 56 of the 151 seats in total. The minimum number of MPs needed to form a government is 76.

After becoming a pivotal party for forming the next Croatian government, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, on Wednesday called for a government of national unity, including MOST, the governing centre-left and the opposition centre-right coalitions.

A political newcomer, MOST won 19 of the 151 seats in parliament in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

After 99.8 per cent of votes from the Croatian parliamentary elections were counted on Monday morning, the opposition centre-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, had a slight lead over the governing centre-left coalition led by Social Democratic Party, SDP.