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Kitarovic rejects allegations of nationalist rhetoric

Croatia's president starts confrontation with government

13 January, 17:56
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(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - Newly-elected president of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, member of the centre-right opposition, in her first public statement chose to contradict the opinion expressed by a part of the Croatian press (but also some international media), that her rhetoric is reminiscent of the nationalist discourses dating back to the Nineties, when the country gained independence after a bloody conflict.

''By invoking the unity of all Croats, I was thinking of the unity among all citizens, which is necessary at the present moment, since the country is so deeply divided'' Grabar Kitarovic said, after being elected (on Sunday) with 50.74% of the vote, just 32,000 more than the outgoing president, Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic. Kitarovic, first woman president in Croatia, said she hoped that, with her mediation, the country's premier will for the first time sit down at the same table with the head of the opposition, HDZ leader Tomislav Karamarko. But at the same time, she has made it clear that if the centre-left government does not manage to revamp the economy, she will try to lead the country to early elections. (ANSA).

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