The election is being held as Croatia struggles with the highest inflation rate in the eurozone, a labour shortage, illegal migration and reports of widespread corruption
Croatia is voting Wednesday in a parliamentary election after a campaign that centred on a bitter rivalry between the president and prime minister of the country.
At stake in the race for Croatia’s 151-seat parliament isn’t just the Adriatic Sea country’s future domestic policies, but also the EU’s unity as it grapples with the instability from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The president holds a largely ceremonial role in Croatia, while the prime minister exerts most of the political power. The election has played out as the final episode in the long-running rivalry between Plenkovic and Milanovic.
Milanovic refused, openly ignoring the top court and continuing to campaign in favour of the left-wing alliance
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