European elections are around the corner, you have already been serving two mandates in the European Parliament and now you are moving towards the third. What will be your policy priorities now?
First of all, to continue what I started in the previous two mandates. One of my goals is that people living in geographically challenged areas, strongly feel the benefit of Croatia's membership in the European Union.That's what I started doing with Croatian and European islands and would like to continue my mandate by expanding this activity. I have secured EUR 12 million for energy transition of islands. Of course, I would like to see the benefits of the resources available to us from the European Union and, of course, our fellow citizens who live in some other places in Croatia. There is a need to reduce the disparities in the development of individual regions and of course one of the important parts of my future mandate will also be that our citizens feel more security, especially social security and the security of Croatian borders.
Since you protect the islands and have initiated the transition to clean energy, what do you think about the LNG terminal?
I would like to see that such a significant project is primarily better explained by studies that prove ecological correctness but also economic viability. It seems to me that a lot of fuss was brought up because of all kinds of information circulating. I am afraid that the Government will enter into a project for which there is not enough support from the local community, and investors did not show too much interest, so of course, Croatia needs to have more energetic autonomy. Of course, one should also look into the future. However, from one project that needs to unite both profession and local community, the European Union and the Government, we have come to the conclusion that the project is disputed. I think that citizens living on Krk are the last to take the guilt for it. Responsibility of policy to solve a serious energy problem is much bigger in this case.
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