Croatia's ruling conservatives target summer election


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  • Wednesday, 06 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic speaks during a joint statement to the press in the village of Kastanies, near the Greek-Turkish border, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis/File Photo

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's conservative ruling party will seek a parliamentary election during the summer depending on the evolution of the coronavirus outbreak, one of its top officials said on Tuesday.

Branko Bacic, head of the Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ)parliamentary group, told reporters that could be in June, July or August. "We want the epidemiological conditions to be conducive for organising the elections," he said.

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