Croatia holds a parliamentary election Wednesday after dirty campaign involving top officials

Published April 14, 2024 10:13 PM

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia holds an early parliamentary election Wednesday following a campaign that was marked by heated exchanges between the country’s two top officials. The ballot pits the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, led by acting Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic against an alliance of centrist and left-leaning parties informally led by populist President Zoran Milanovic and his Social Democratic Party. If HDZ stays in power, the country would maintain relative political stability and continue on the pro-West and Pro-Ukraine course. An SDP win could put it on track for victory in the European Parliament elections in June and the presidential election in December.

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