Centre for Peace Studies welcomes the Croatian Constitutional Court's ruling that the state has the obligation to actively care only for about social order and the people with its regulations and public policies.

The Croatian Constitutional Court rejected a request to declare unconstitutional the law that forces banks to convert loans in Swiss francs into euros, saying that the aim of the law is legitimate because it sought to increase social protection, prevent unfair practices by creditors and prevent a worsening debt situation.

A just society

This is a very important decision not only on the issue of loans in Swiss francs, but also for solving other economic and social problems of citizens, such as the unsustainable debt faced by many citizens (when it is impossible to get out of so-called debt bondage because of the high interest rates) and issues related to unpaid and short-term work.

With this decision, the court shows that democracies based on the principles of the welfare state need governments that perform a regulatory and interventionist role. This is necessary to achieve a just society when the market produces social uncertainty and situations where the rights of citizens are violated and extreme social differences arise.