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                      Croatia Holds Snap Vote in September

   by VOA News

   Croatia will hold a snap election in September.

   President Kolinsa Grabar-Kitarovic said in a statement Saturday the
   election will be held September 11.

   The news of the snap vote for the European Union's newest member comes
   a day after parliament was formally dissolved and less than a year
   after the last vote.

   Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic's center-right coalition government
   collapsed because of bickering between the conservative HDZ party and
   its junior reformist partner MOST.

   The most recent polls show HDZ trailing behind the main opposition
   Social Democrats,or SDP, by 10 percentage points.

   The political deadlock has stalled economic reform for Croatia's
   economy, one of the weakest in the EU bloc.
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