In 2020, the party entered the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) in a Homeland Movement-led coalition. As of 2021, the Croatian Sovereignists have four MPs in the Sabor.[10]
Merger of smaller right-wing parties
On 2 October 2021, a unification assembly was held in Croatia's capital Zagreb. During the assembly it was announced that HKS, Hrast and the Generation of Renewal (GO), three smaller conservative and right-wing parties, will become defunct to merge and work together as the Croatian Sovereignists.[11][12]
Expulsion of Zekanović from the party
On 17 December, the presidency of the Croatian Sovereignists launched proceedings to expel Hrvoje Zekanović from the party, which was conducted on 17 January. The final decision was to be made within 30 days. Zekanović surprised everyone with a speech about vaccinations in the Croatian Parliament a week earlier on Thursday, which was followed by his removal as a president of a parliamentary club and Hrvoje Zekanović was officially expelled from the Croatian Sovereign Party on 19 January 2022.[13][14][15]
"Protect the Croatian Kuna"
After Andrej Plenković (HDZ), the Prime Minister of Croatia, announced that he expects Croatia to join the eurozone by the beginning of 2023,[16][17] the Croatian Sovereignists launched a campaign called "Protect the Croatian Kuna"[18] (Croatian: Zaštitimo hrvatsku kunu). Hrvoje Zekanović announced that the Sovereignists will start collecting signatures for a referendum and claimed that "not a single citizen of the Republic of Croatia out of two-thirds who voted for the EU knew that we had committed ourselves to introduce the euro within a certain period of time, i.e. enter the eurozone."[19] Sovereignist Member of Parliament Marijan Pavliček argued in a parliament speech that: "such an important topic where part of the sovereignty is lost, in this case monetary sovereignty, cannot be decided by individuals in their offices after an agreement with the powers in Brussels. On this topic only the Croatian people can decide through a referendum."[20]
On 24 October 2021, the "Protect the Croatian Kuna" initiative started collecting signatures demanding a referendum. Sovereignist Member of Parliament Marko Milanović Litre said in an interview, that already after five days 157,000 signatures were collected. For a referendum on the subject, the initiative needs to gather 368,867 signatures by 7 November 2021.[22] After the collection of signatures was over, the Sovereignists announced that they had collected 334,582 valid signatures, which is not enough to call a referendum.[23]
^Boban Valečić, Iva (10 December 2021). "Zbog neslaganja oko COVID-19 suverenisti brzo smijenili Zekanovića s pozicije šefa kluba" [Due to disagreements over COVID-19, the sovereignists quickly removed Zekanović from the position of club and Hrvoje Zekanović was officially expelled from the Croatian Sovereign Party on 19 January 2022 chief]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^"Zaštitimo hrvatsku kunu". suverenisti.hr (in Croatian). 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021. o ovako bitnoj temi gdje se gubi dio suvereniteta, u ovom slučaju monetarnog suvereniteta, ne mogu odlučivati pojedinci u svojim uredima nakon dogovora sa briselskim moćnicima. O ovakvoj temi može isključivo odlučiti hrvatski narod putem referendumu [such an important topic where part of the sovereignty is lost, in this case monetary sovereignty, cannot be decided by individuals in their offices after an agreement with the powers in Brussels. On this topic only the Croatian people can decide through a referendum.]
