Addressing opposition deputies, who do not want to attend a meeting in government headquarters to discuss the completion of Croatia's EU entry talks, she said that she convened the meeting "with an open heart" and that she would continue to meet with all who want to contribute to the process of the country's integration with the EU.

She dismissed SDP leader Zoran Milanovic's remark that her invitation was "an advertisement" rather than an invitation by a political leader.

"I did not send the invitation to reporters, but to the presidents of parliamentary parties," the PM said, adding that she attended every meeting on Croatia's European future, that she would continue holding meetings with political parties, and that her invitation to the SDP to join her in doing so still stood.

She dismissed Milanovic's statement that the government was discrediting Croatia, recalling that European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had personally supported her as Prime Minister and that the SDP's position was not shared by statesmen such as US President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with whom she had held talks.

She said that the government would continue carrying out measures for economic recovery and fighting corruption, accusing the SDP of "screaming blue murder when corruption investigators get close to the SDP".

She also commented on claims about her appointment as PM. "When I took the floor here in July 2009, I had the support of MPs from the ruling coalition who decided to support both me and the government. I was supported by (the then President Stjepan) Mesic, in an entirely legal procedure... I received the majority support in parliament," Kosor said.