In his final address at an economic forum organised by the strongest opposition party, Karamarko said the aim of the event was to show that the situation in the state was more than serious and to confirm that the HDZ had an economic programme, which he said could be changed because of the expanding problems.
"Let's look up and fight for our Croatia because it deserves it," Karamarko said, adding that the unity between Croats at home and abroad would be stronger than ever and that this would be one of the fundamental tenets the HDZ would promote.
He highlighted the high unemployment and said that nothing had come from the government's "economic tsunami" announcements. He said that after two years under the incumbent government, "the country looks as if hit by a big meteor."
Karamarko said the facial expressions of government members, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and President Ivo Josipovic did not show that they were aware of the gravity of the situation "because they think a solution will fall from the sky."
He voiced doubt that the government could do anything useful for Croatia because "that same mindset and structure" had called the HDZ in the 1990s a party of dangerous intentions only because it wanted to create an independent Croatian state.
Karamarko said the HDZ had always been for reconciliation but stressed that it would not allow this reconciliation to mean the loss of Croatian identity. "They are trying to do this through ideological attacks to change the substance of the Croatian people."
He said the HDZ had the same energy as in the 1990s to create the state because the times were similar. He said the party would not allow Croatia to knuckle under because with such potential "it can't be just any country."
At today's forum, the HDZ presented its economic guidelines. The event drew 800 party members, economic experts and scholars from Croatia and abroad.