In the EU legislative procedure, the government will represent Croatian citizens' interests through its activity in the Council of the EU.
Croatia's parliament, the Sabor, is not directly represented in EU institutions and will exert its influence on the development of EU legislation by supervising the government's activity in EU institutions, considering Croatia's positions on EU documents and adopting conclusions on them, as well as discussing government reports on Council of the EU meetings.
The Sabor will also discuss Croatia's positions for those meetings and participate in the nomination of Croatian candidates for EU institutions and bodies.
The bill was moved by the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System whose chair, Pedja Grbin, said that EU practice envisaged that the European Affairs Committee should execute the Sabor's European affairs powers.
Under the bill, the Sabor speaker can invite the prime minister to present Croatia's position for a European Council meeting in parliament before the meeting, and the PM has to brief parliament twice a year on European Council meetings.