Croatia Lurches Toward Early Elections as Government Wobbles
- Coalition party files for no-confidence vote against premier
- Opposition backs motion, calls for early elections in July
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Croatia’s government stumbled closer to collapse after the Bridge party said it will support an opposition push for early elections if its ruling partners insist on ousting Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic.
Hours after opposition parties filed a motion to dissolve parliament and trigger an early ballot, Bridge leader Bozo Petrov said his party would support it if the bigger coalition member, the Croatian Democratic Union, known as HDZ, followed through on a no-confidence motion against Oreskovic that it submitted on Tuesday. That vote is being pushed by HDZ leader Tomislav Karamarko, who himself is facing a similar ouster vote.