But his SDP rival, former prime minister Zoran Milanovic, warned it was too early to call the result. "We should wait until all votes are counted," he told supporters in Zagreb early on Monday morning. "Croatia needs a stable government, for the past months we had an unstable and destructive (one)," he added. But during campaigning Milanovic sharpened his populist rhetoric after disappointing voters with scant reforms when in power before the ill-fated HDZ coalition took control last November. Unemployment stands at more than 13 per cent, public debt has reached 85 per cent of GDP, while the investment climate remains poor.

Source: Viet Nam News September 12, 2016 04:30 UTC