Strasbourg, 15/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Sunday 14 April, Croatians elected 12 MEPs who will represent them after their country joins the EU on 1 July 2013 until the European elections in May 2014. However, only 20.79% of the voters turned out to polling stations. There had been a 44% turnout for the referendum on joining the EU (see EUROPE 10537).
The opposition party, HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union, affiliated to the EPP Group), with 32.87% of the votes, obtains six MEPs in the...