The list is headed by HDZ MP and a party official Dubravka Suica, a former mayor of Dubrovnik, followed by MPs Andrej Plenkovic and Davor Ivo Stier and Ivana Maletic, all involved with EU negotiations at one stage of their careers.
The list also includes non HDZ members including Ruza Tomasic, who is the president of the Croatian Party of Rights Ante Starcevic, a junior coalition partner in some electoral constituents for the coming local elections.
HDZ President Tomislav Karamarko on Tuesday said that the list was put together based on criteria of high professionalism, proven through party activities.
He did not wish to speculate on the party's success at the first Croatian election of MEPs, set for 14 April, but said that it could serve as a realistic survey of how the party stood in the public.
Suica pointed out that the list complied fully with gender quotas and included five women.