CROATIA ELECTIONSAn elderly Croatian is shown by his wife where to cast his ballot in the Croatian elections at a polling station in Zagreb , 04 December 2011 . Voters in Croatia went to the polls 04 December to elect the parliament and government that will lead the country to European Union membership in July 2013 . Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor ' s conservative Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) has been plagued by corruption scandals and is expected to lose to the opposition Social Democratic Party despite driving the country to the EU doorstep . EPA / ANTONIO BAT < 연합뉴스 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >