Croatia’s governing party HDZ has backing of voters, survey reveals

The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ, EPP), the ruling party led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, is topping the polls with 26.7% a week before local elections scheduled for 16 May. HDZ is counting on victory in Split and Osijek, the…

A quarter of young people in Croatia are politically illiterate, professor Berto Šalaj of Zagreb’s Faculty of Political Sciences said on Monday while presenting the results of a recent survey, Hina news agency reported. The survey was conducted in March…

Germany’s Green party has confirmed co-leader Annalena Baerbock as its candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at September’s crunch election, with the membership backing her candidacy with 98.5% of the vote. The vote came at a party congress convened to decide…

Tomislav Tomašević (We Can!, green-left platform) won the second round of elections in Zagreb, beating Miroslav Škoro, pop singer and leader of radical right Homeland Movement (DP). The conservative HDZ party of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković emerged victorious nationwide, winning…

Finland’s right-wing populist Finns Party has made some of the biggest gains in the country’s municipal elections, according to initial results. Coming on top was the liberal-conservative National Coalition Party with 21.5% support, an increase of 0.8% compared to the…