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{{short description|Liberal political party in Croatia}}
{{Infobox political party
|name = Civic Liberal Alliance
|native_name = Građansko-liberalni savez
|logo = Logo of the Civic Liberal Alliance.svg
| abbreviation = GLAS
|colorcode = {{Party color|Civic Liberal Alliance}}
|president = [[Anka Mrak Taritaš]]
|secretary_general =
|founder =
|leader1_title = Vice Presidents
|leader1_name =Goran Beus Richembergh<br />Diana Topčić Rosenberg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/pocela-osnivacka-skupina-glas-a-20170709?experimentCode=362f0a224bc4604f45129030736ac39747d76bea |title=Počela osnivačka skupina GLAS-a |trans-title=Founding congress of GLAS has started |publisher=Tportal.hr |access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref>
|slogan =
|founded = {{Start date|2017|7|9|df=y}}
|dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|split = [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|Croatian People's Party]]
|merged =
|successor =
|headquarters = [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]
|youth_wing =
|membership_year =
|membership      =
|ideology = [[Liberalism]]<ref name=europeelects>{{cite web|title=Croatia – Parties|url=https://europeelects.eu/european-union/croatia/|website=[[Europe Elects]]|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><br>[[Social liberalism]]<ref name=nordeatrade>{{cite web|title=The political framework of Croatia|url=https://www.nordeatrade.com/en/explore-new-market/croatia/political-context|website=nordeatrade.com|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622094921/https://www.nordeatrade.com/en/explore-new-market/croatia/political-context|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name=europeelects/>
|position = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]
|national = [[Rivers of Justice]]<br/>{{small|(since 2020)}}
|international =
|european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (affiliate member)
|europarl =
|colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}} [[Light blue]]
|seats1_title = [[Croatian Parliament|Sabor]]
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|1|151|hex={{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
|seats2_title = [[European Parliament]]
|seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
|seats3_title = [[Counties of Croatia|County Prefects]]
|seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
|seats4_title = [[List of mayors in Croatia|Mayors]]
|seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|128|hex={{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
|symbol =
|flag =
|website = {{url|glas.com.hr}}
|country = Croatia
}}
The '''Civic Liberal Alliance''' ({{langx|hr|Građansko-liberalni savez}}, abbr. '''GLAS''' - lit. ''Voice''/''Vote'') is a liberal [[list of political parties in Croatia|political party in Croatia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/foto-u-dvorani-wow-osnovana-stranka-glas-za-seficu-izabrana-anka-mrak-taritas-evo-tko-je-sve-iz-drugih-stranaka-dosao-ma-konvenciju/6347797/ |title=FOTO: U DVORANI 'WOW' OSNOVANA STRANKA 'GLAS' Za šeficu izabrana Anka Mrak Taritaš, evo tko je sve iz drugih stranaka došao na konvenciju |trans-title=Photo: GLAS party founded in the "WOW" hall. Anka Mrak Taritaš chosen as leader, here's who else was at the congress  |publisher=Jutarnji.hr |language=hr |date=2017-06-14 |access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref><ref name="vijesti-hr-founding">{{cite web|author=Petra Mlačić/Vijesti.hr |url=http://www.vijesti.rtl.hr/novosti/hrvatska/2695971/bivsi-hns-ovci-osnovali-glas-zelimo-okupiti-ljude-kojima-su-se-izbori-i-politika-zgadili/ |title=Bivši HNS-ovci osnovali GLAS: 'Želimo okupiti ljude kojima su se izbori i politika zgadili' |date=9 July 2017 |language=hr |publisher=Vijesti.rtl.hr |access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref>  The party was founded by four former [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|Croatian People's Party]] (HNS) MPs led by [[Anka Mrak Taritaš]] who were dissatisfied with HNS entering a coalition with the [[Croatian Democratic Union]] (HDZ) and supporting the [[cabinet of Andrej Plenković]] since June 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegram.hr/politika-kriminal/anka-mrak-taritas-upravo-je-objavila-da-ce-bivsi-hns-ovci-osnovati-novu-stranku/ |title=Anka Mrak Taritaš upravo je objavila da će s bivšim HNS-ovcima osnovati novu stranku |trans-title=Anka Mrak Taritaš just announced that she will found a new party with former HNS members |language=hr |last=Mihaljević |first=Jerko |date=14 June 2017 |website=Telegram.hr |access-date=12 May 2019 }}</ref>
==History==
The Party's founding congress was held on 9 July 2017, while it was officially registered with the [[Ministry of Public Administration (Croatia)|Ministry of Public Administration]] on 26 July 2017.<ref name="vijesti-hr-founding"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://registri.uprava.hr/#!stranka-detalji/vgMBAAEAAAECAcCVegAAAAAAAaYFAAABR2xh8wEBAXJlZ0Jyb2pTdHJhbmvlAgA |title=Građansko-liberalni savez - Registar političkih stranaka u Republici Hrvatskoj |trans-title=Civic Liberal Alliance - Registry of political parties in the Republic of Croatia |author=<!--Not stated--> |language=hr |website=Ministry of Public Administration |access-date=10 May 2019 |archive-date=22 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122073402/https://registri.uprava.hr/#!stranka-detalji/vgMBAAEAAAECAcCVegAAAAAAAaYFAAABR2xh8wEBAXJlZ0Jyb2pTdHJhbmvlAgA |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Glas automatically became a parliamentary party with four MPs, making it the fifth largest party in the country in terms of parliamentary representation. In addition, [[Jozo Radoš]] also left HNS and joined Glas, so the party also had one [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]. Radoš sat with the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group]].
Another notable member is [[Vesna Pusić]].
On 1 December 2017, the party was admitted into the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]] as an affiliate member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties|title=ALDE welcomes new member parties|website=Aldeparty.eu|access-date=19 January 2018|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527021347/https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The party was one of the founding members of the [[Amsterdam Coalition]], an electoral alliance of seven Croatian liberal political parties.<ref name="amsterdam">{{cite web |url=https://net.hr/danas/hrvatska/formalizirana-amsterdamska-koalicija-vrlo-se-jasno-suprotstavljamo-hdz-u-i-onima-desnije-od-njega/ |title=Formalizirana Amsterdamska koalicija: 'Vrlo se jasno suprotstavljamo HDZ-u i onima desnije od njega' |trans-title=Amsterdam Coalition formalised: 'We clearly oppose HDZ and the ones more to the right than them' |language=hr |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 December 2018 |website=Net.hr |access-date=27 May 2019 }}</ref> The alliance was founded on 8 December 2018.<ref name="amsterdam"/>
==Ideology==
Party president Mrak-Taritaš described Glas as "a modern, progressive, trans-ideological party in the centre-left, acceptable to people who are liberal, social-liberal and social-democratic." Emphasis is placed on individual freedoms and rights, stable institutions and diversity as a comparative advantage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novilist.hr:8090/index.php/Vijesti/Hrvatska/MRAK-TARITAS-U-AKCIJI-Bivsi-HNS-ovci-sutra-i-formalno-osnivaju-novu-stranku-otkrili-na-koga-ciljaju?meta_refresh=true|title=MRAK TARITAŠ U AKCIJI Bivši HNS-ovci sutra i formalno osnivaju novu stranku, otkrili na koga ciljaju|trans-title=Mrak Taritaš in action. Former HNS members formally establish new party, reveal who they are targeting|language=hr|website=Novilist.hr|access-date=19 January 2018|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910021350/http://www.novilist.hr:8090/index.php/Vijesti/Hrvatska/MRAK-TARITAS-U-AKCIJI-Bivsi-HNS-ovci-sutra-i-formalno-osnivaju-novu-stranku-otkrili-na-koga-ciljaju?meta_refresh=true|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Party stands for:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/mrak-taritas-i-disidentiiz-hns-a-osnovali-novu-stranku-glas-neizvjesno-hoce-li-im-se-pridruziti-i-vesna-pusic/6337267/|title=Mrak Taritaš i disidenti iz HNS-a osnovali novu stranku GLAS, neizvjesno hoće li im se pridružiti i Vesna Pusić|website=Jutarnji.hr|date=6 July 2017 |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glasistre.hr/c64974e1-6b32-49e1-bd87-858aa5652abe|title=Osnovan Građansko-liberalni savez (GLAS) |trans-title=Civic Liberal Alliance (GLAS) established |language=hr |website=Glas Istre |access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* the right of women to [[Abortion-rights movements|freely choose on abortion]],
* the right to vote at the local elections at the age of 16,
* [[anti-fascism]] as the foundation of modern Croatia,
* [[separation of church and state]], strengthening secularization and revision of all [[Treaties between the Republic of Croatia and the Holy See|four concordats]],
* comprehensive curriculum reform,
* removal of [[parafiscal tax]],
* public administration reform,
* a stable judiciary,
* decentralisation.
== Election results ==
=== Legislative ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
|-
! rowspan=2 | Election
! rowspan=2 | In coalition with
! Votes won
! Percentage !! Seats won
! Change
|-
! colspan="2" | {{small|(Coalition totals)}} !! colspan=2 | {{small|(GLAS only)}}
|-
![[2020 Croatian parliamentary election|2020]]
|[[Restart Coalition]]
| align=center| 414,615
| align=center| 24.87%
|{{Composition bar|1|151|{{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
| align=center| New
|-
! [[2024 Croatian parliamentary election|2024]]
| [[Rivers of Justice]]
| align=center| 538,748
| align=center| 25.40%
|{{Composition bar|1|151|{{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
| align=center| {{steady}} 0
|}
===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Election
! rowspan=2 | List leader
! rowspan=2 | Coalition
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! rowspan=2 | EP Group
|-
! colspan=2 | {{small|Coalition}}
! colspan=2 | {{small|GLAS}}
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Croatia|2019]]
| [[Valter Flego]]
| [[Amsterdam Coalition]]
| 55,806
| 5.19 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|0|12|{{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
| New
| rowspan=2 |–
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Croatia|2024]]
| [[Biljana Borzan]]
| [[Rivers of Justice]]
| 192,859
| 25.62 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|0|12|{{party color|Civic-Liberal Alliance}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official|https://glas.com.hr/}} {{in lang|hr}}
{{Croatian political parties}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Civic-Liberal Alliance}}
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