Croatia

The roots of the Croatian national social contract lie in the 19th century under the Austro-Hungarian empire. This contract was reconfigured when Croatia was part of the so-called First Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. The CO3 project, tracing both the stable features on the one hand, and breakdowns and ruptures in the social contract on the other, will show the continuities and discontinuities of the social contracts. Additionally, the 2024 European Elections provide particular insights into the trust Croatian citizens put in the EU institutions designed to fight corruption, such as the European Chief Prosecutor and OLAF.