Elections in Croatia

Peter Potocnik takes Croatia's old and presumed new prime minister to task. "During the election campaign the current prime minister and leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) managed to iron out some of the creases in his policies and return to a nationalistic, root-oriented rhetoric. Moreover, he made his mark as a master of the art of buying votes. He paid off what was owed to pensioners, gave the Church financial support, opened new roads and hospitals and promised free school books. He simply couldn't imagine spending the next four years in the opposition. ... Sanader has also managed to rid the political scene of right-wing start-ups. In the style of [the first Croat president and autocrat] Franjo Tudjman, he proclaimed that everybody knew who would win and added his own slogan: 'Let's take the lead'. Really, Croatia hasn't changed one bit."

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