Three nonparliamentary political parties -- Only Croatia, Action for A Better Croatia and the Croatian Demo-Christian Party -- have established the election coalition called "Alliance for Croatia" and are offering an alternative to Croatia's aspirations for the membership in the European Union which the parties' leaders view as fatal for Croatia's sovereignty and independence.
Leaders of those three parties -- Milovan Sibl, Zeljko Sacic and Petar Kacunko -- on Wednesday told a news conference that these three parties would run together in the forthcoming parliamentary elections and that they would together launch a campaign against Croatia's EU admission.
Sibl of the Only Croatia party said that the forthcoming elections and EU membership referendum would be crucial for efforts to maintain Croatia's independence and sovereignty which the country won in the Homeland Defence War.
Sibl fears that once it joins the bloc comprised of larger countries and more numerous nations, Croatia will lose its sovereignty, as it has been the case in the past.
He said that Croatia still could decide on how much sugar or milk it would produce and what it could do with the INA company but that the admission to the EU would change it.
According to him, an Eurobarometer survey shows that only 30 per cent of the Croatians are in favour of Croatia's accession to the European bloc, contrary to findings of surveys which he said were commissioned by Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandorkovic and European Union Delegation head in Zagreb, Paul Vandoren.
Sacic of the Action for Better Croatia party said that Croatia would be colonised upon its entry into the EU.
He said that the signing of Croatia's treaty of accession with the EU would mean treason and accused the Croatian leadership of pursuing such policy.
