After formally putting into operation the third section of the Lika and Dalmatia natural gas pipeline network inland from the coastal city of Zadar, the Prime Minister was asked to comment on Josipovic's statement, made last Friday, that elections could be held on December 4, which is a Sunday, or on December 5 or 6. She said that holding elections on a weekday would cost the government HRK 1.1 billion and wondered if Croatia could afford to waste so much money.

When asked to comment on Josipovic's statement that the crackdown on corruption was led by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior and that Prime Minister Kosor had reported none of her close associates for corruption, although there had been such cases, Kosor said: "How does President Josipovic know that? Is that a hint that the President wants to supervise fully independent bodies?" She added that that would be very bad.

Kosor described as worrying Josipovic's statement that his popularity could help the strongest opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, in the next elections. "That's bad and therefore it would be good if the President returned to his constitutional framework. I believe the President understands how dangerous and worrying all that could be."

When asked if the EU accession negotiations should have been completed before June, Kosor said she believed that President Josipovic rejoiced with all other citizens of Croatia that her government had achieved a great historic goal and had done a lot of work, including the fight against corruption and organised crime and many reforms, adding that she was sorry that Josipovic did not see that.

"As soon as we finished the negotiations, the President said that he would sign the EU accession treaty. We in the government are very proud of what we have achieved, but that is the achievement of entire Croatia," Kosor said.