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Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava | |
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| Leader | Dražen Keleminec [hr] |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Website | |
| http://hrvatskipravasi.hr/ | |
TheAutochthonous Croatian Party of Rights (Croatian:Autohtona-Hrvatska stranka prava orA-HSP) is afar-right,socially conservative political party inCroatia, founded inKoprivnica in 2005, after the merging of Croatian Rightists and Croatian Right Movement. The goal of the Movement is to unite all "rightist" parties in Croatia such as theHSP, theHSP 1861, theHČSP and others. It was very critical of theHSP's political positions until 2009.[citation needed]
A-HSP ispro-life and advocatesagainst gay marriage as well as in support of motherhood, children and youth, people of special needs, and the nature.[clarification needed] It is strongly against Croatian accession toEU andNATO and advocates forirredentism inBosnia and Herzegovina, theBay of Kotor,Syrmia, andBačka.[2]
The party changed its name from United Supporters of the Croatian Party of Rights Movement to Autochthonous Croatian Party of Rights in 2009.
In 2010, the A-HSP publicly burned a copy of theSerb minority publicationNovosti, whose headquarters had to be protected by the police for a week.[citation needed]
In the2013 European Parliament election, A-HSP received 2,350 votes (0.32%), which was not enough to gain a seat.
In 2015, theCroatian Minister of the Interior,Ranko Ostojić, banned the party's rally atZagreb'sBan Jelačić Square.[3]
In 2017, the party organized a march through theCroatian capital in order to show their support and declare allegiance to then-recently electedAmerican presidentDonald Trump. During the march, the party's members, dressed in black uniforms, were waving flags of the German neo-NaziNational Democratic Party and of theUnited States while shouting theUstaša saluteZa dom spremni. After the rally, the party's leaderDražen Keleminec [hr] was arrested by the police for disturbing the public peace and quiet. TheGovernment of Croatia condemned the rally the same day for promoting Ustašism andNazism.[1] The following day, theU.S. embassy in Zagreb reacted by publishing a statement in which they strongly condemned the march and rejected any attempts to connect the U.S. with Ustaša ideology.[4]
In April 2018, the leader of the party, Dražen Keleminec, was arrested near the formerconcentration campJasenovac for disturbing public peace and quiet, and insultingpolice officers.[5]
| Election | In coalition with | Votes | Percentage | Seats won | Change | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | None | 5,768 | 0.25% | 0 / 151 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2015 | None | 12,027 | 0.55% | 0 / 151 |  0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2016 | None | 6,276 | 0.33% | 0 / 151 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2020 | None | 5,343 | 0.32% | 0 / 151 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2024 | None | 6,291 | 0.30% | 0 / 151 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| Election | List leader | Coalition | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | A-HSP | ||||||
| 2013 | Diana Kobas Dešković | None | 2,350 | 0.32 (#26) | 0 / 12 | New | – |
| 2014 | Dražen Keleminec | None | 3,455 | 0.37 (#14) | 0 / 11 | 0 | |
| 2019 | None | 4,391 | 0.40 (#18) | 0 / 12 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | None | 1,402 | 0.19 (#16) | 0 / 12 | 0 | ||
