Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote

By DARKO BANDIC
Associated Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian lawmakers have voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next month. Although it is still dominated by conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, the new Croatian government now also includes hard right Homeland Movement, a relatively new party which emerged as a kingmaker after an inconclusive parliamentary election in April. The new Cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic – who started his third consecutive term in office – was approved in a 79-61 vote in the 151-member Sabor, or the Croatian assembly.