Human Shield (political party)

"Living Wall" redirects here. For other uses, see Living wall (disambiguation).

Human Shield Živi zid

President	Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
Founder	Ivan Pernar
Founded	2011^[1]
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Ideology	Populism^[2] Euroscepticism^[2] Pro-Russian^[3] Anti-establishment Anti-globalisation Protectionism Economic patriotism Modern Monetary Theory
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow and black
Sabor	3 / 151
European Parliament	0 / 11
Website
zivizid.hr
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Human Shield (Croatian: Živi zid, literally translated as "Living Wall"^[4]) is a populist political party in Croatia, formed out of an anti-eviction group of the same name.^[2] The group fights foreclosures by occupying property, and forming a "human shield" as alluded to by the name. Party operated until 2014 as Alliance for Change (Croatian: Savez za promjene).^[5]

Background

The organization formed into a party ahead of the 2014–15 presidential election, supporting the candidacy of Ivan Vilibor Sinčić.The party opposes Croatian membership in NATO and the EU.

Popular support and electoral results

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	First Round		Second Round
Presidency of Croatia
Election year	Candidate	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2014–15	Ivan Vilibor Sinčić	293,570	16.4 (#3)

Parliament (Sabor)

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Seats won	Change	Government
Election	In coalition with	(Coalition totals)		(Coalition totals)		Government
2011 (December)	(as Savez za promjene) A-HSS, DPS	15,379	0.63	0 / 151		Did not enter
2015 (November)	None	94,877	4.24 (#4)	1 / 151	1	Opposition
2016 (September)	Change Croatia, Youth Action, Alphabet of democracy, HDSS	117,208	6.23 (#4)	8 / 151	7	Opposition

European Parliament

Election	In coalition with	Votes won	Percentage	Seats won	Change
May 2014	None (as Savez za promjene)	4,313	0.47 (#10)	0 / 11

References

↑ "Year of registration" (in Croatian). Živi zid. 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
1 2 3 "Živi zid: socijal-populizam na hrvatski način" (in Croatian). Tportal. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ "Putin's friends in Europe". ecfr.eu. 19, October 2016. Retrieved 27, November 2016. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
↑ Milekic, Sven (14 October 2015), "'Outsider' Parties to Influence Croatia Poll Outcome", BalkanInsight
Prelec, Tena (7–9 November 2015). "Croatian elections: a final look at the parties and the campaign". EuroPP – European Politics and Policy. London School of Economics and Political Science. Comment.
Neubert, Nils (28 December 2014). "Croatians disillusioned with politics - and the EU". DW.
↑ http://www.digured.hr/Politicke-stranke-i-izbori

External links

Official website (Croatian)

Political parties in Croatia

Sabor

Government	Croatian Democratic Union (49) Bridge of Independent Lists (15) Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević (3) Croatian Peasant Party (2) Croatian Social Liberal Party (2) Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2) Bloc of Pensioners Together (1) Croatian Growth (1) Croatian Christian Democratic Party (1)

Opposition	Social Democratic Party (42) Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (11) Labour Party (3) Istrian Democratic Assembly (3) Croatian Dialogue Initiative (3) Croatian Party of Pensioners (2) Independent Democratic Serb Party (2) Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (2) People's Party - Reformists (1) Human Shield (1)

European Parliament

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) (4)
Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) (2)
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) (1)
Istrian Democratic Assembly (1)
Conservative Party (HKS) (1)
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) (1)
Independent Davor Škrlec (1)

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