ZAGREB, March 29, 2019 – The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) is set to win six of the 12 seats, allotted to Croatia in the next European Parliament, (EP), while the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) can expect three seats and the Živi Zid, the GLAS-led Amsterdam Coalition and the MOST party, can win one seat each, shows the latest projections released by the European Parliament on Friday.
This is the third such projection of the composition of the next EP released by the Parliament and based on polls on voting intentions in the EU member-states.
Initial projections of the composition of the new European Parliament indicated that of 12 seats reserved for Croatia the HDZ will win six, the SDP three, Živi Zid two and MOST one.
The projects are compiled in collaboration with Kantar Public, Parliament’s Public Opinion Monitoring Unit.
These projections of the composition of the next European Parliament are based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament and should be seen as a snapshot of the current political situation as represented in the voting intention polls.
The poll in Croatia was carried out by Promocija Plus. According to the poll taken, HDZ will win 30.7% of the vote or 6 seats. SDP would win 19.2% of the vote or 3 seats, followed by the Živi Zid (10.2%) Amsterdam Coalition (7.7%) and MOST (6.8%) and would win 1 seat each.
The next European Parliament will have fewer MEPs then the outgoing parliament, 705 compared to the current 751 seats. The new division of seats will apply only if Great Britain exits the EU before the elections which are set for May 23 – 26.
Based on current voting intentions in the EU27, the European People’s Party group (EPP) would have 188 seats, followed by the Socialists and Democrats (142), Liberals (72), Europe of Nations and Freedom (61), European Conservatives and Reformists (53), European United Left (49), and the European Freedom and Direct Democracy group (30).
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