All previous governments have fallen on interdepartmental cooperation. Ministerial egotism and entrenched bureaucracy are usually stronger than the desired cohesion. In this government, hastily assembled from two coalitions, the lack of cooperation among ministerial cabinets could be the heaviest burden.
In the new issue of Lider, Gordana Gelenčer analyzes whether this Government will also have problems with cooperation. She claims: by consolidating ministries, which is being announced, the problem could only be amortized, but such a government also needs a strong prime minister who will not isolate himself in his economic cage and will not leave politics to his formally subordinate vice presidents.
We also write about the five key steps that Orešković’s government needs to take in the first 100 days. Crisis management must be able to quickly determine short-term priorities and goals, set expectations and standards, implement decisions quickly and decisively, behave authoritatively, but must also communicate sincerely with all stakeholders and build trust. In these past months, Tihomir Orešković has not proven that he possesses the necessary skills, believes Danko Sučević.
In the Companies section, we present the meat industry Braća Pivac, which is expected to finish last year with 1.5 billion kuna in revenue, which is 36 percent more than last year.
We also bring an interview with Gordan Kolundžić, the CEO of Borovo, who reveals to Lider that the state and large companies have empathy for Vukovar, but still do not buy their protective footwear.
In the world block, we write about how Italy has decided to block the plan to give Turkey three billion euros to stop refugees, and about the IPO of the largest oil company in the world, Saudi Aramco.
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