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The Restart Coalition (Croatian: Restart koalicija) is a centre-left political alliance in Croatia. The coalition was formed in 2010 as the Kukuriku Coalition (Kukuriku koalicija). This somewhat facetious name meaning 'cock-a-doodle-doo', taken from a restaurant of the same name in Kastav where the coalition leaders first convened in July 2009, became well known and was eventually taken as the coalition's official name. The coalition originally consisted of four centrist and centre-left parties in the Croatian Parliament: the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS-LD), Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS). The coalition won an absolute majority of seats in the 2011 parliamentary election and successfully formed a government led by Zoran Milanović (SDP).
In the 2014–2015 presidential election the coalition supported the candidacy of incumbent president Ivo Josipović. He was, however, defeated by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), becoming the first Croatian president to not win re-election.
For the 2015 parliamentary election, the coalition changed its name into Croatia is Growing (Hrvatska raste) - in reference to the continuous growth of economic indicators such as the GDP, industrial production, exports, and employment rate, which was achieved in the last two years of the mandate of the Milanović's government. The coalition was later joined by the Croatian Labourists – Labour Party (HL), Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and Zagorje Party (ZS), while the IDS in turn left it. Nevertheless, the leader of the IDS, Boris Miletić, explicitly pointed out that his party would still continue to collaborate with the coalition. After the coalition failed to achieve a post-electoral agreement with the Bridge of Independent Lists on the formation of the new government, it was required to move into the opposition.
On 16 July 2016, the SDP, HNS-LD, HSU and the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) signed coalition agreement in Zabok and thus re-established the coalition under a new name - the People's Coalition (Narodna koalicija). Following the election, the coalition once again failed to return to the government and thus remained in the opposition.
The coalition's founder, former prime minister Zoran Milanović, was elected the 5th President of Croatia in the 2019–2020 presidential election. He did so by defeated the incumbent, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović of the ruling HDZ.
In the run-up to the 2020 parliamentary elections five parties agreed to form the Restart Coalition. These are the SDP, HSS, HSU, Civic-Liberal Alliance and Power - Party of People's and Civic Engagement, respectively. In May 2020 the coalition was joined by the Damir Bajs Independent List party and the Democratic Alliance of Međimurje, while in June 2020 the coalition was further expanded to include the Istrian Democratic Assembly and the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar.

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