Two and a half months before Croatia joins the EU, just 21 percent of voters bothered to cast ballots in Sunday's (14 April) election of 12 new MEPs.
The turnout is less than half compared to the country's referendum on EU accession in January last year, which saw 43.5 percent of people vote.
It is also one of the lowest ever in EU polls, a record held by Slovakia in 2004, when just 17 percent of people voted.
Croatia's opposition centre-right HDZ party won six seats, narro...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.