Croats go to polls amid sharp economic downturn, rising infections

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Some 3.85 million Croats are eligible to go to polls on Sunday to elect a new government at a time when coronavirus infections are on the rise and the economy is facing a sharp downturn.

A woman walks past a banner advertising the campaign of Croatian Prime Minister and the leader of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union Andrej Plenkovic ahead of parliamentary elections, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Zagreb, Croatia, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

The ruling centre-right Croatian Democratic Union has had a slight advantage in most opinion polls over its main rival, the Social Democrats , but neither party is seen being able to form a cabinet on its own. They are SDP leader Davor Bernardic and popular singer Miroslav Skoro, whose nationalist and eurosceptic Domovinski Pokret has fared third in the opinion polls with just above 10% support, compared with close to 30% for the two top parties.

 

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