The government will pay special attention to developments on the oil market and together with its social partners adopt measures to be presented to the public on time, Sanader told reporters at the government headquarters after a meeting with the union leaders.
The Economy Ministry was entrusted with drawing up the said measures in cooperation with social partners.
The leader of the Association of Workers' Trade Unions of Croatia (URSH), Boris Kunst, recalled that the government and unions had reached a similar agreement in August 2005, but that nothing had been done since. Drawing up such measures is a necessity, Kunst said, nevertheless welcoming solutions adopted by the government in the area so far.
The leader of the Independent Croatian Trade Unions, Kresimir Sever, was much more critical, saying that meetings between Sanader and trade unions usually resulted in agreements that agreements would be reached, and with few concrete solutions.
The meeting agreed that the government and its social partners should once again consider all bills and a strategy of development of the health system, to include an implementation plan, before they are submitted for the first parliamentary reading.
The meeting accepted an initiative by trade unions to launch a new pension reform and include unionists and employers in the existing government-pensioner commission.
The two sides agreed on cooperation in a number of other issues such as the Commerce Law and the Law on Privatisation, and in the privatisation of a number of companies.