Zagreb is OURS


Zagreb is OURS! is a green left political party from Zagreb, Croatia. After winning first seats in 2017 elections for the Zagreb Assembly and profiling itself as the most vocal opposition to the mayor Milan Bandić and his local majority coalition, the platform took part in the 2019 EU elections, as well as the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election within green-left platform We can!.

History

Much of the pre-history of the platform is around local civic activism and movement of Right to the city as "Pravo na grad". The political turn was made significant with escalation of protests and smaller green parties joining forces with activists. In April 2017, the Platform formed a coalition with four left and green parties in Zagreb, creating for the first time an alliance of progressive political organizations in Zagreb. In their very first municipal elections held in Zagreb in May 2017, the coalition won 7,6 % of votes in Zagreb City Assembly, 21 seats in city districts and also 41 seats in local councils, with many of the elected representatives being young persons who have previously not been engaged in institutional politics."

Platform

The platform describes itself as very diverse, "formed in February 2017 by citizens from all walks of life and different from existing parties in aiming to build a "new politics based on the principles of wide participation, inclusiveness and openness”.
The party further expanded its visibility on national level by establishing We can! / Možemo! as a national political platform for the 2019 EU elections. For the 2020 Croatian parliamentary elections, the party and Možemo! presented a joint and including other coalition partners.