nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f9ed894724662f92 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260330s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f9ed894724662f92 doi eng 342 23 Miloš, Matija Author aut Out of Bounds - The Croatian Government’s Foul on Local Autonomy Miloš, Matija Verfassungsblog 2026-03-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A planned homecoming for Croatia’s handball team in Zagreb escalated into a constitutional dispute when the national government overrode the city’s refusal to host a controversial nationalist singer. What followed was not only a conflict over local authority, but a test of the constitutional limits on state power. At the same time, symbols tied to Croatia’s fascist past resurfaced at the center of public celebration, backed by political actors. The episode exposes how quickly legal boundaries and historical consensus can come under strain. CC BY-SA 4.0 Croatia Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/out-of-bounds/ raw object