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May 7, 2019 Interviews

Interview for T portal

Almost 133,000 votes Tonino Picula won on the 2014 European elections. It was far the most votes of all candidates from all the lists and almost twice as much as the current Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Will he repeat that success and win the third term in the European Parliament, we will see the end of May. In an open conversation at his office in Zrinjevac, Picula revealed his expectations of European elections for T portal...

On the half of campaign, how many mandates do you expect for SDP and can the campaign change the number that surveys are currently giving?

I've been involved in all the campaigns since 1990, at all parliamentary, presidential and local elections, so I can draw the general conclusion that all campaigns have something in common, but each one always brings something new. This also applies to this campaign for European elections. In all the elections, it is almost certain that some surprises will happen, but the million euros question is what will be the surprse this time. Posters, leaflets, booklets do not determine the winners, but if you do not have them, then people wonder why don't you have them. Lack of the standard election raises the question of your organizational ability to run the campaign. It is true that this campaign, compared to 2013, is twice as long. How much can this change the established political preferences? Somehow it can, because 33 lists with hundreds of candidates inevitably push them to be presented in a peculiar way. It will not reverse the trends, but it can bring some new developments. 

On how many mandates is SDP counting?

We have set the goal at an early stage, ahead of all competitors, and that's winning 200,000 votes. 

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Source: T portal
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