Croatians to vote on president after campaign dominated by hard right

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović aims to be re-elected but faces pressure from populist candidate

Croatia’s president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, will seek re-election on Sunday as the country gears up to assume the rotating presidency of the EU for the first time.

She is expected to have an easy ride, but her campaign has been complicated by the rise of a populist, anti-establishment folk musician, Miroslav Škoro, which has led her to move to the right to compete for votes.

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