The country is a parliamentary democracy. The last general elections were held at the end of 2007, in which no single party won a majority. After negotiations, the HDZ (the Croatian Democratic Union) leader and incumbent Prime Minister, Ivo Sanader, convinced other MPs that he should get the mandate to form the new government. His coalition partners are the HSS (Croatian Peasant Party), the Croatian-Serb Party and representatives of some minority groups in the country.
Presidential elections were last held in January 2005 when President Stipe Mesic was re-elected to another five year term. Presidential powers in Croatia are limited, but he is still influential in making domestic and foreign policy issues.
It is expected that Croatia will receive an invitation to join NATO in April 2008.
EU membership negotiations are proceeding slowly. In the opinion of many experts, Croatia has no chance of joining before 2010.
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