Editing Politics of Croatia (section)

==Legal framework==
{{Main|Constitution of Croatia}}
Croatia is a [[unitary state|unitary]] democratic parliamentary republic. Following the collapse of the ruling [[Communist League of Yugoslavia|Communist League]], Croatia adopted a new [[Constitution of Croatia|constitution]] in 1990 – which replaced the 1974 constitution adopted by the [[Socialist Republic of Croatia]] – and organised its first multi-party elections.<ref name="NYTimes-Elections2-HRV1990">{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/09/world/evolution-in-europe-conservatives-win-in-croatia.html?ref=croatia|title=EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Conservatives Win in Croatia|date=9 May 1990|access-date=14 October 2011}}</ref> While the 1990 constitution remains in force, it has been amended four times since its adoption—in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2010.<ref name="CC-Hist"/><ref name="JL-ustav"/> Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia on 8 October 1991, which led to the [[breakup of Yugoslavia]]. Croatia's status as a country was internationally recognised by the United Nations in 1992.<ref name="Sabor-Independence-8Oct1991">{{cite web|work=Official web site of the Parliament of Croatia|publisher=Sabor|url=http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?art=20091&sec=2462|title=Ceremonial session of the Croatian Parliament on the occasion of the Day of Independence of the Republic of Croatia|date=7 October 2004|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314021206/http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?art=20091&sec=2462}}</ref><ref name="NYT-UN-membership">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/23/world/3-ex-yugoslav-republics-are-accepted-into-un.html|title=3 Ex-Yugoslav Republics Are Accepted into U.N.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|author=Paul L. Montgomery|date=23 May 1992|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=16 April 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416092940/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/23/world/3-ex-yugoslav-republics-are-accepted-into-un.html|author-link=Paul L. Montgomery}}</ref> Under its 1990 constitution, Croatia operated a [[semi-presidential system]] until 2000 when it switched to a [[parliamentary system]].<ref name="BBC-CroProfile">{{cite news|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1097128.stm|title=Croatia country profile|date=20 July 2011|access-date=14 October 2011}}</ref> Government powers in Croatia are divided into legislative, executive and judiciary powers.<ref name="VRH-PoliticalStructure">{{cite web|publisher=[[Government of Croatia]]|url=http://www.vlada.hr/en/about_croatia/information/political_structure|title=Political Structure|date=6 May 2007|access-date=14 October 2011|archive-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905201133/http://www.vlada.hr/en/about_croatia/information/political_structure|url-status=dead}}</ref> The legal system of Croatia is [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] and, along with the institutional framework, is strongly influenced by the legal heritage of Austria-Hungary.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tomasz Giaro|title=Modernisierung durch Transfer im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert Von Tomasz Giaro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I_roYQzSkVoC|year=2006|publisher=Vittorio Klostermann|isbn=978-3-465-03489-6|language=de|access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> By the time [[Accession of Croatia to the European Union|EU accession negotiations]] were completed on 30 June 2010, Croatian legislation was fully harmonised with the [[Community acquis]].<ref name="DELHRV-overview">{{cite web|publisher=Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia|url=http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&content=62|title=Overview of EU – Croatia relations|access-date=14 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326105744/http://www.delhrv.ec.europa.eu/?lang=en&content=62|archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> Croatia became a member state of the [[European Union]] on 1 July 2013.