Croatian Democratic Union

Um, not only did SNSD, the main Bosnian Serb party, you know, uh, take the- take their candidate.

Actually, HDZ, so the ruling party in Croatia, their preferred candidate and their preferred party, uh, took the spot reserved for the federation, actually.

So this was another, on the kind of other side of the Balkans, let's say, another dispute has been, uh, the influence of Bosnian Croats in...

Oh, sorry, let me say again.

But is there also a chance of ...

Because I hear that some of the experiments with more civic-minded parties has kind of come under a lot of criticism, and that we might see a return of SDA, uh, in a stronger electoral showing, um, which would be this kind of back and forth we're seeing in the Federation a lot, while of course the Croat voters remain mostly loyal to HDZ.

So is that the kind of dynamic you're seeing the, the potential outcomes of this election?

So pretty much, yes.

Whether it will happen in all places, all the cantons, we don't know yet.

But generally, yes, you see this back and forth, which is indicative of a, you know, regular democratic process.

Among the Croat electorate, uh, the HDZ has this m- almost monopolistic position in a way, also needing to coalesce the Croat vote around, you know, constituent peoples, which are the smallest constituent people.

So there, there's little room for other parties to challenge this.