Will Croatia’s Trump-like president get re-elected on Sunday?

President Zoran Milanovic, an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, is running for re-election.

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00:00Voting opened in Croatia early Sunday for the country's presidential election, as the

00:07country's prime minister portrays the vote as one about Croatia's future in the EU and

00:12NATO.

00:16The nation's left-leaning president, Zoran Milanovic, an outspoken critic for Western

00:20military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, is running for re-election, but is

00:26unlikely to get an outright majority in the first round.

00:31Milanovic faces seven other contenders, including the candidate from the ruling party Croatian

00:36Democratic Union, Dragan Primorac.

00:41The two are expected to face off in the second round of voting on January 12th, if no candidate

00:46gets more than 50% of the vote.

00:50Though the presidency is largely ceremonial in Croatia, an elected president holds political

00:55authority and acts as the supreme commander of the military.