The investment catalog is currently just a collection of pre-election wish lists, and wise men have long established that love fed by gifts is eternally hungry. Croatia primarily needs investments in export production.
It is not hard to imagine how certain ministers proposed sectoral ideas to their first lady that would be worth investing in. Each of them only needed to reach deeper into the drawer, pull out what has been forgotten there for some time, blow off the dust (projects were postponed indefinitely because the recession further devastated the state treasury), neatly package it all, and send it to voters for review. They calculated that the lethargic public would widen their eyes at the mention of an investment wave, possible GDP growth, and the reopening of extinguished jobs. The ruling party only partially acknowledges that the projects have two problems – financial feasibility and completion deadlines. The projects are worth 14 billion euros, and currently, only 600 million is in sight. These are long-term projects that can only initiate a new development cycle in five or more years, while we need a growth stimulus now.
