Poll: Most of Croatians content with new president Josipovic.

By bne IntelliNews March 12, 2010
The latest popularity poll, carried out by the GfK agency, showed that 68% of Croatians were happy with Ivo Josipovic as president. The poll was conducted among 1,000 respondents. As many as 19% of the respondents were not in favour of Josipovic, while 13% were undecided. Most of the citizens, who were satisfied, were in the northern Croatia 79%, followed by citizens in Istria, northern Adriatic littoral and Slavonia - 73%.  We note that Josipovic of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) won the second round of the presidential elections held on Jan 10 with 60.26% of all votes, the final results released by the State Electoral Commission (DIP) showed. The independent candidate, Milan Bandic, was backed by 39.74%. Josipovic gathered 1,339,385 of the cast ballots, while Bandic for - 883,222. Josipovic won in all counties except in Lika-Senj. In Zagreb , Josipovic gathered 62.19% of the votes, while Bandic got 37.81%. The voters turnout at the presidential elections was 50.13%. Josipovic at his first news conference as a president of the country said that his priorities would be the fight against corruption and crime. He stressed that this priority was crucial for the future of the country, as Croatia would like to become an EU member states. Josipovic also pointed out that there was a need to transform the economy from an import-oriented to an export and production-oriented economy, which to be able to pay the foreign debt and stimulating enterprise.
Read in IntelliNews Pro
Get IntelliNews Pro

Related Articles

Croatian govt to acquire four companies part of 3.Maj shipyard.

The Croatian government decided on Thursday, March 21, to take over the ownership of all four companies part of local shipyard 3.Maj after which the privatisation of the parent company will be ... more

Croatias Dukat to make takeover bid for Slovenias Ljubljanske Mlekarne.

Croatian dairy producer Dukat said it intends to place a takeover bid for the 49.7% stake it does not yet own in Slovenian peer Ljubljanske Mlekarne. Dukats current stake of 50.3% in the ... more

Croatia's construction output down 2.1% y/y in Jan 2013.

Croatia's construction output fell 2.1% on the year in January 2013 after dropping an annual 19.9% a month earlier, the statistics office said, quoting unadjusted data. Working-day adjusted data, ... more

Follow Us On

Most Read

  1. Iran vs Israel: Who is better equipped for war?
    5 days ago
  2. Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for Neom city
    9 days ago
  3. BREAKING: Iraq, Syria and Jordan close airspace amid Iranian strike on Israel
    5 days ago
  4. PANNIER: Caspian military drills that exclude Russia and Iran have some people in Moscow asking questions
    6 days ago
  5. Oil continues to flow to Israel via Turkey despite Erdogan’s vehement speeches on plight of Gaza
    5 months ago
  1. Russia could pay off its entire external debt tomorrow, in cash
    19 days ago
  2. Speculation swirls of “Men in Blue” in Crocus City Hall terrorist attack linked to FSB
    24 days ago
  3. Albanians campaign on social media to keep bus bridge created in freak accident
    1 year ago
  4. UBN: Russia could take the Baltic states in 48 hours
    29 days ago
  5. BRICS announce a blockchain-based payment system to create a common currency
    22 days ago

Reports

Dismiss