Zagreb - After a month-long recess, Croatian MPs resume work on Thursday as Parliament begins its ninth session, running until 27 March over 34 plenary days.
MPs will submit 39 questions to the prime minister and ministers, starting with independent Boška Ban and ending with Bridge MP Zvonimir Troskot. Likely topics include Plenković's proposal to link the Supreme Court president's appointment with the selection of three Constitutional Court judges, the purchase of French Rafale jets, and social benefit increases.
Prime Minister Plenković will also report on regular European Council meetings held on 23 October and 18 December last year.
On Friday, MPs will discuss a government proposal to improve care for civilian victims of the Homeland War through amendments to the relevant law. Changes would increase personal disability pensions, special allowances, care and assistance benefits, orthopaedic and family disability allowances, and funeral-related costs, with payments starting within 30 days of the law's entry into force.
By the end of March, MPs face a busy agenda of 99 items, with about 15 more pending inclusion and new items expected throughout the session. Around 40 items have been proposed by opposition MPs, with the rest being mostly reports.
One of the topics will be the new parliamentary Rules of Procedure, designed to make Parliament more dynamic and efficient, modernise Question Time, shorten debates, prevent repetitive interventions, and redefine commonly abused procedural rules.