Youth Action (Croatia)

Youth Action Akcija mladih
President	Vjekoslav Rubeša [1]
Secretary-General	Bojan Kurelić
Founded	22 February 2005 (2005-02-22)
Headquarters	Rijeka, Croatia
Membership	c. 2,800 [2]
Ideology	Progressivism Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Orange
Slogan	Neither Left Nor Right But Forward
Sabor	0 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 12
County Prefects	0 / 21
Mayors	0 / 128
Website
akcijamladih.org
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Youth Action (Croatian : Akcija mladih or AM) is a liberal political party in Croatia founded in 2005 in Lovran.^{[ citation needed ]} The party endorses progressive values and advocates greater youth rights.^{[ citation needed ]} The party has been active in the area of almost all of Croatia through its branches in almost every bigger city in the country. Youth Action regularly criticizes the HDZ/SDP two-party duopoly.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2009, Youth Action merged with the Croatian Youth Party (Croatian : Hrvatska stranka mladih, HSM). ^[3]

At the 2013 local elections, party won 19 seats in the county and city councils in Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Zadar counties. ^[4]

Electoral history

Legislative

Election	In coalition with	Votes won (coalition totals)	Percentage	Seats won	Change
2007	None	5,096	0.21%	0 / 151
2011	RI-SUH (8th electoral district)	12,337	0.52%	0 / 151
2015	ŽZ (9th electoral district)	13,440	0.60%	0 / 151
2016	ŽZ-PH-ABECEDA-HDSS-MS	117,208	6.23%	0 / 151
2020	ŽZ-SIP-NLSP-PH-HSS SR-HSSČKŠ-ZSZ	37,628	2.26%	0 / 151

European Parliament

Election	In coalition with	Votes won (coalition totals)	Percentage	Seats won	Change
2013	None	11,068	1.49%	0 / 12
2014	None	7,807	0.85%	0 / 11
2019	endorsed Mislav Kolakušić [5]	84,765	7.89%	0 / 11

References

1. "Predstavljeni novi predsjednik i novi članovi predsjedništva Akcije mladih". Akcija Mladih. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
2. Hina (2016-08-09). "Akcija mladih priključila se koaliciji Živoga zida | N1 HR". Hr.n1info.com. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
3. "Ujedinile se Akcija mladih i Hrvatska stranka mladih".
4. "Akcija mladih jedina je aktivna – stranka mladih - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
5. "Bivši sudac u kojem buja virus diktature djeluje kao da je na faksu 'picavao' s predavanja o ustavnom pravu; Stručnjaci pojašnjavaju zašto su njegove ideje opasne". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2024.