DavidB.
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« on: September 18, 2015, 09:01:08 PM » |
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« edited: September 18, 2015, 09:06:36 PM by DavidB. »
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I was in Croatia before the 2011 general election and I even campaigned for Kukuriku with their team in Zagreb then... I remember the talks with desperate Croatians who were sick of all of their politicians and not knowing what to say. High unemployment and corruption are still huge problems in Croatia, despite their accession to the EU.
If this was a Western European election and these parties were actually normal, I would always support HDZ. However, this is not Western Europe and HDZ has a terrible record regarding corruption. I'd have much more trouble voting for HDZ than for, say, PiS or Fidesz, which is telling. Croatia is one of those states (together with Bulgaria and Romania) that should have been pushed to implement many more anti-corruption reforms before entering the EU, not because I think they shouldn't be in the EU (at least Croatia should be), but because it would have been more effective in eradicating corruption, which is now simply persisting to a somewhat smaller extent than before. The EU method of throwing money at new poor member states, by the way, isn't very helpful either.
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