Croatians vote for members of EU Parliament

Posted on April 15, 2013 by sagarmedia

Croatians voting on April 14 2013 in the former Yugoslavian country’s first-ever elections for members of the European Parliament, ahead of Croatia’s scheduled accession,the final induction  to the EU bloc at the start of July.
Croatia to elect twelve MEPs, who will serve until May 2014, when all EU countries are to hold scheduled elections for a new European Parliament. When Croatia’s 2014 European parliamentary elections are held, it will be to choose 11 MEPs, as the number of the country’s seats is reduced by one in terms of adjustments envisaged in the Lisbon Treaty.
Nearly 3.7 million Croatians are eligible to vote. Forty political parties with more than 300 candidates are standing, the election is being held on the basis of individual candidacies rather than party lists.
Croatia is  second fragmented  from the former Yugoslavia to join the EU, first in line is  Slovenia in 2004. Croatia applied for EU membership in 2003 and negotiations ended in 2011