The crowd was addressed by one of the protest leaders, Ivan Pernar, who criticised the government for borrowing money. He said that high tax and interest rates and the restrictive monetary policy would lead to economic ruin and massive unemployment.

The protesters formed a column and began their usual march through the city centre, heading first towards St Mark's Square, the seat of the government and parliament, where public assembly is banned by law.

Chanting "Let's all go to the streets" and "HDZ (ruling party) thieves", the demonstrators were joined by other disgruntled citizens.

The protest, like all the ones held in the past few weeks, was organised through the online social network Facebook.