Editing Osijek (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Županijsko poglavarstvo Osijek 2.jpg|thumb|left| Normann Palace, today seat of the government of the [[Osijek-Baranja County]]]]
[[File:Općinski i županijski sud Osijek.jpg|thumb|left| Osijek Municipal and County Court]]

At the November 2007 elections, no party held a majority, which is not unusual for Croatia as local elections have [[proportional representation]]. However, the three mathematically possible coalitions had political problems that made coalition building unusually difficult. The November elections were early (izvanredne) elections caused by the breakdown of the coalition of the two main parties, the [[Croatian Party of Rights]] (HSP) and the [[Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonia and Baranja]] (HDSSB). The cause of the breakdown was disagreement over the building of a new sports stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vijesti.hrt.hr/content/view/42334/10/ |title=Šutnja u Osijeku |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309002312/http://vijesti.hrt.hr/content/view/42334/10/ |archive-date=9 March 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=Newelections>{{cite news|url=http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2008/sijecanj/vlada_izbori_u_osijeku_9_ozujka|title=Government calls early elections in Osijek for 9 March|publisher=Government of the Republic of Croatia|date=24 January 2008|access-date=10 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213114408/http://www.vlada.hr/en/naslovnica/novosti_i_najave/2008/sijecanj/vlada_izbori_u_osijeku_9_ozujka|archive-date=13 February 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

At the elections held on 25 November 2007, the HSP and the HDSSB gained 7 seats each, the [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) 6 seats, the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ) 4, and the [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats]] (HNS) 1.<ref name=HRT>[http://vijesti.hrt.hr/ShowArticles.aspx?ArticleId=38288 Osijek: Pokušaj riješavanja krize]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Hrvatska radiotelevizija, 26 December 2007; accessed 13 January 2008</ref>

A possible coalition between HDSSB and SDP provoked criticism of the Social Democrats for lack of principle such as from [[Damir Kajin]], who called it a 'sellotape coalition', alluding to the charges of war crimes that the HDSSB leader [[Branimir Glavaš]] is facing.<ref>[http://izbori.hrt.hr/content/view/2299/29/ IDS osuđuje trgovinu Vlade i Osijeka]{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Hrvatska radiotelevizija, 21 December 2007; accessed 13 January 2008</ref> After the parties failed to agree on a coalition, the Croatian government called new elections for the city.<ref name=Newelections/> These elections took place on 9 March 2008 and gave the HSP 9 councilors, the HDSSB 6, HDZ, 5, SDP, 3 and a coalition of HNS and two smaller parties 2. [[Anto Đapić]] has expressed his hope for a coalition with the HDZ.<ref>[http://vijesti.hrt.hr/content/view/42374/10/ HSP najjači u Osijeku] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311131310/http://vijesti.hrt.hr/content/view/42374/10/ |date=11 March 2008 }}, vijesti.hrt.hr; accessed 20 January 2016.{{in lang|hr}}</ref>

===Minority councils===
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.<ref name="T-Portal">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=[[T-portal]] |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref> At the [[2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections]] [[Albanians of Croatia|Albanians]], [[Hungarians of Croatia|Hungarians]], [[Germans of Croatia|Germans]], [[Slovaks of Croatia|Slovaks]] and [[Serbs of Croatia]] each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the City of Osijek while [[Bosniaks of Croatia|Bosniaks]], [[Macedonians of Croatia|Macedonians]], [[Montenegrins of Croatia]] elected individual representatives.<ref name="OBŽ-Manjine-2023">{{cite web | url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z14_OSJECKO_BARANJSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | pages=15–18 | language=hr | access-date=3 June 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603101819/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z14_OSJECKO_BARANJSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>