Lawmakers from parties that are junior partners in the ruling coalition commended Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's annual report on the work of his cabinet presented to parliament on Wednesday morning.

MP Marija Puh (Labour and Solidarity Party) underscored that education, demography-related matters and employment were the priority of her party’s parliamentary bench.

MP Goran Dodik of the Croatian Christian-Democrats, Croatian Social Liberal Party and Croatian Democratic Party of Slavonia and Baranja group said that the prime minister’s understanding of politics deserved an excellent mark, his understanding of reality deserved a very good mark and that his role in the EU was very powerful.

The Croatian People’s Party (HNS) welcomed the announcement of a wage increase for civil servants.

MP Stjepan Curaj and HNS whip welcomed the announced wage increase for civil servants and underscored that the education reform needs to be followed up with a reward for employees. “If our persistence on the wage increase has resulted in everyone getting it then we welcome that,” he said.

Leader of the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS) Milorad Pupovac considers the decision for the wage increase to be reasonable because, among things, the planned reduction of the VAT rate has been postponed. He agreed that it is necessary to re-examine the wage index in the public administration sector with the aim of improving the working climate.