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Presidential elections in Croatia uphold same balances (apnews.com)

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Milanovic won 49.1 percent of the first round vote and Primorac, backed by the ruling conservative HDZ party, took 19.35 percent, according to results released by the state electoral commission from nearly all of the polling stations.

But he used the office to attack political opponents and EU officials, often with offensive and populist rhetoric.

Milanovic, who condemned Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has nonetheless criticised the West's military aid to Kyiv.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The link returns 404.

I'm not too thrilled about Milanović staying as he tried to quit so he can run for prime minister, which is pretty disrespectful of the presidential office. That said, there is no way I will vote for HDZ and Primorac.

Might just skip this one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Associated Press does paint Primorac in better colours https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-populist-and-the-scientist-croatia-s-presidential-candidates/ar-BB1rcsvl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I did not read it like that. Seems like a pretty neutral article to me, mostly listing facts about both of them.

Despite the HDZ's backing, Primorac has been unable to rally the party's base behind his campaign.

I feel like even HDZ does not want Primorac to win. For one, he was kicked out of the party in 2009 (the article does not mention that). Also, if HDZ does not win the presidential election, they have more leverage for being re-elected in the more important parliament elections.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Then it's just me thinking that a "scientist" is better than "populist" :) I did read it in the light of this comparison.