Around 20 experts and activists from climate policy field and immigration and asylum policy took part in the HBS expert talk on climate migration which was held on 23rd of April 2010 in Zagreb in premises of Goethe Institute Croatia. Lack of coherence and coordination between these two policy settings and lack of recognition of climate migrants as the new category in the international legal framework were, in adittion to discussion on security and solidarity, two most important departure points of the discussion.

Still, it remains to be seen how two big political parties – HDZ and SDP – now significantly affected by the outcome of the presidential elections - will resolve their internal disputes and what will change within the electorate. Even more, it remains to see how new directly elected president will emancipate himself from his party background. 

Constitutional reforms announced for spring, continuation of the accession negotiations with the EU and decisive fight against the corruption now remain among first priorities. Country is now facing momentum where a whole society needs to be much more involved in pursuing reforms, not only State alone. In this context, integrative function of the new president can have a crucial role, outreaching broader support for the advocated change.