The two parties are coalition partners, but no negotiations on their unification have been held, the HDZ secretariat said in the press release.
Earlier in the day DC official Josko Moric also dismissed media reports of the parties' merger as untrue.
ZAGREB, Dec 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on Tuesdayissued a press release refuting allegations that the HDZ leader, PrimeMinister Ivo Sanader, and the Democratic Centre (DC) leader, JusticeMinister Vesna Skare
Ozbolt, had agreed on merging the two parties.
ZAGREB, Dec 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on
Tuesday issued a press release refuting allegations that the HDZ leader, Prime
Minister Ivo Sanader, and the Democratic Centre (DC) leader, Justice Minister
Vesna Skare Ozbolt, had agreed on merging the two parties.