In Croatia's close-run election, the focus is migrants and the economy


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Nov 2015

Migrants wait for registration at a new winter refugee camp in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's ruling Social Democrats can claim success on the two biggest issues facing the country - Europe's migration crisis and a sluggish economy just climbing out of recession - but it faces a tough fight to retain power in an election on Sunday.

A compassionate stand on migrants and signs of economic growth have helped Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and the Social Democrats regain ground. Recent public opinion polls show it still trails the conservative HDZ party, though.

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