Youth Action (Croatia)

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Youth Action
Akcija mladih
PresidentVjekoslav Rubeša [1]
Secretary-GeneralBojan Kurelić
Founded22 February 2005 (2005-02-22)
Headquarters Rijeka, Croatia
Membershipc. 2,800 [2]
Ideology Progressivism
Liberalism
Political position Centre
Colours  Orange
SloganNeither Left Nor Right But Forward
Sabor
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European Parliament
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County Prefects
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Mayors
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Website
akcijamladih.org

Youth Action (Croatian : Akcija mladih or AM) is a liberal political party in Croatia founded in 2005 in Lovran. The party endorses progressive values and mostly advocates greater youth rights. 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.

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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

ElectionIn coalition withVotes won

(coalition totals)

PercentageSeats wonChange
2007 None5,0960.21%
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2011 RI-SUH (8th electoral district)12,3370.52%
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2015 ŽZ (9th electoral district)13,4400.60%
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2016 ŽZ-PH-ABECEDA-HDSS-MS 117,2086.23%
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2020 ŽZ-SIP-NLSP-PH-HSS SR-HSSČKŠ-ZSZ 37,6282.26%
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European Parliament

ElectionIn coalition withVotes won

(coalition totals)

PercentageSeats wonChange
2013 None11,0681.49%
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2014 None7,8070.85%
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