Although his popularity is declining, moreover, polls indicate that he has the lowest rating so far, President Zoran Milanović continues to brutally and honestly criticize the sanctions against Russia. Which primarily affect – Europe! Consequently, Croatia, whose economic performance has been warning for thirty years that we have no, least of all a stable, umbrella for any economic storm. And he is not the only one. The list of analysts of various profiles who are fully aware of this is getting longer. Among them are military analysts, such as Marinko Ogorec, who openly claims that the sixth round of sanctions, which includes a ban on the import of Russian oil, affects those who impose them more than Russia, which has clearly prepared for this situation. The European Union is rushing towards recession, the living standards of its citizens are rapidly declining, the plans of the European Commission generally sound expensive and unconvincing, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no signs of abating. About the sanctions that hit the EU more than Russia writes Gordana Gelenčer.
For decades, it has been said in Croatia that we are lagging behind the West in labor market flexibility and that time will run us over. Europe is devising new models of work and ways of employment, while we still cling to indefinite employment contracts like a drunk to a fence. And then comes the cold shower: not only are we not lagging behind, but we have the most flexible labor market in Europe! According to data from 2020 from the EU agency – the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) – of the nine new models of work in the European market, Croatia is the only country among the EU27 that has all nine. Željka Laslavić has elaborated on these models in the topic of the week.
