"After the cabinet meeting and the meeting of the parliamentary majority, I can inform the Croatian public that all components of the parliamentary majority have decided to propose to parliament to dissolve on Monday, May 18," Plenkovic told the press after a meeting of the ruling coalition.
He said the reason for this decision was that over the past three years his cabinet had achieved all the key ambitions it had set itself.
Plenkovic said the government had shown in recent months how to cope with the coronavirus pandemic crisis with its measures to retain jobs and help the economy, and that given the economic challenges before Croatia in the future, the term of the next parliament and government should focus on the country's economic recovery.
Plenkovic said the timing of the election was appropriate.