Pensioners' party wants a €115m Christmas bonus for Croatia's 1.2m pensioners

The Croatian Pensioners Party (HSU), whose one MP in the 151-seat national legislature is part of the ruling HDZ-led coalition, said on Thursday that they would ask the government to pay out Christmas one-off bonuses in the amount of €100 to all 1.2 million pensioners in the country, "regardless of how high their pension is, in order to brighten up the Advent period and Christmas," since, "most of them live in poverty," state news platform Hina cited the party's leader as saying on Thursday. Pročitaj više