Promises of an unstable period following the elections held yesterday (April 17) in Croatia could not provide a clear majority to any political group. Outgoing Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic’s party won a relative majority but lost a lot of ground in a very close contest; The situation was further complicated for him by the surprise candidacy of president Zoran Milanovic, who has been critical of the provision of aid. military to Ukraine.
Prime Minister Plenkovic’s conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, which has been in power for some time, will begin difficult negotiations to form a coalition with the far right after winning the elections but without gaining a majority. scale needle. HDZ, a conservative, pro-EU party, won nearly 34% of the vote and 61 seats in Sabor, the country’s 151-member parliament. The opposition ‘Rivers of Justice’ coalition, led by Milanovic’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), came in second place with 25.42% of the votes and won 42 seats, one seat more than in the previous elections. The far-right nationalist party Motherland Movement confirmed its third place with 9.56 percent preference and 14 seats (-2 seats).
Milanović announced the early dissolution of Parliament last March 15, after Prime Minister Plenković opened the government crisis. The President, who has been in office since 2020 and was the former Prime Minister between 2011 and 2016, surprised the voters by going to early elections and announcing his candidacy for Prime Minister at the head of the Croatian Social Democrats. All this happened despite the Constitutional Court ruling that his candidacy was unlawful and ordering him to resign before the campaign, defying the rules of the nation and choosing not to resign from office, which he himself was unwilling to do.
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