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Croatia dissolves parliament forward of election season

Croatia’s parliament was dissolved on Thursday to pave the way in which for a parliamentary election later this yr.

All 143 of a complete of 151 lawmakers who had been current on the session voted in favor of the transfer.

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The date of the election is but to be set. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has prompt it ought to be held earlier than the vote for the European Parliament, which will probably be held on June 6-9.

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The Croatian parliament has voted to dissolve. (Fox Information)

The upcoming vote in Croatia will pit ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union towards a gaggle of middle and left-leaning events who’ve introduced they are going to run in a coalition.

Plenkovic and his HDZ celebration have confronted mounting accusations of high-level corruption from the opposition forward of the poll. He has denied the claims.

Croatia is slated to carry a presidential election as properly by the tip of the yr.

Plenkovic’s HDZ largely has held energy since Croatia gained independence from the previous Yugoslavia in 1991.

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The Adriatic Sea nation grew to become the most recent member of the European Union in 2013 and joined Europe’s free-travel and euro zones final yr.

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