ZAGREB, Nov 9 (Hina) - The Central European Initiative (CEI) +preliminary conference, which is being held on Monday in Zagreb, is +focusing on globalization and its influence on economic, social and +moral aspects of certain countries
in Central and Eastern Europe.+ Speakers at the conference stressed that the globalization has many +advantages but it is also hazardous.+ Croatian representatives at the conference believe that +globalization carries a risk of interfering with the interests of +developed countries and because of the economy race, a difficult +social situation in certain countries is no longer a priority.+ They also believe that the globalization and cultural identity +could reconcile by the development of democratic institutions, +human rights, and protection of minorities. + The globalization influence on constitutional and political +structures of countries was least
ZAGREB, Nov 9 (Hina) - The Central European Initiative (CEI)
preliminary conference, which is being held on Monday in Zagreb, is
focusing on globalization and its influence on economic, social and
moral aspects of certain countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Speakers at the conference stressed that the globalization has many
advantages but it is also hazardous.
Croatian representatives at the conference believe that
globalization carries a risk of interfering with the interests of
developed countries and because of the economy race, a difficult
social situation in certain countries is no longer a priority.
They also believe that the globalization and cultural identity
could reconcile by the development of democratic institutions,
human rights, and protection of minorities.
The globalization influence on constitutional and political
structures of countries was least obvious at electoral systems and
structure of state authorities for they are the last resource of
absolute state sovereignty principle, said a Croatian member of
Parliament, Miljenko Sokol.
Sokol pointed out that the adoption of a particular electoral law or
the substitution of a semi-presidential system with true
parliamentary systems, by international factors, as it was the case
with Croatia, is not only unfair, but also illusory.
"Such demands are unacceptable and utterly non-democratic", Sokol
said.
Such requests mean interfering in the real political life of a
particular democracy, namely in favour of particular political
parties or forces within certain transitional democracy, Sokol
asserted.
The CEI secretariat main director Paul Harting asserted the
organisation, embracing 16 countries of Central and Eastern
Europe, is achieving significant results in advertising
cooperation.
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