Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Croatia ruling conservatives will form government with a far !

Croatia ruling conservatives will form government with a far

Time:2024-05-09 07:22:42 source:Cultural Compass news portal

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia ’s ruling conservatives on Wednesday agreed to form a coalition with an extreme party, which would push the country further to the right ahead of next month’s European parliamentary election.

The governing Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, and the far-right Homeland Movement reached the agreement weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary vote that has stirred political uncertainty.

Croatia’s dominant HDZ won most votes at the election but not enough to stay in power on their own.

Ruling party officials said the new government, to be headed for a third consecutive term by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, could be approved in parliament as soon as next week.

The Homeland Movement, or DP, is a relatively new political party made up largely of radical nationalists and social conservatives who had left the center-right HDZ. The party is led by the hard-line mayor of the eastern town of Vukovar, which was destroyed during Croatia’s 1991 war for independence after it split from the former Yugoslavia.

Related information
  • US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
  • World's largest plant discovered off Australian coast
  • Chinese female carrier aircraft pilot trainees complete solo flights
  • Coach sees challenges for women's basketball team at Paris 2024
  • Dogs entering US must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say
  • Ice and snow warm up winter tourism in Northeast China
  • A fiery crash involving tanker carrying gas closes I
  • Double landmine blast kills one person and wounds at least 18 in Pakistan’s southwest
Recommended content
  • Ole Miss frat boy who made shocking racist gestures towards black female pro
  • Real Madrid thrash Celta to cement top spot
  • Japan says a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly April crash of 2 navy helicopters
  • Yao: Team's Olympic pain must drive change
  • Students at the Queen's University Belfast stage sit
  • Tibet launches winter tourism campaign to lure more visitors