Late 2014 and first half of 2015 was also marked by prolonged Croatian War Veterans protest in Savska street, Zagreb, which reached its climax in May 2015 when veterans took the protest to St. Mark's Square. The protest had the impact on both 2014–15 presidential election, and 2016 Croatian parliamentary election, when Milanović's attempted dialogue with the protest leaders resulted in leaking of tapes that revealed him using foul language to describe the neighboring countries. This ultimately cost Milanović of losing the 2016 elections.