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According to ballots cast and counted at 31 per cent of polling stations in the country, the opposition centre-right coalition led by the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, is ahead of the governing centre-left coalition the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Sunday's general election.

Catalans voted Sept. 27 in an election dubbed crucial for the future of Spain, with polls pointing to a win by separatists who vow to declare the region independent by 2017.

Conservatives in the European Parliament want it to vote next week to condemn a right-wing party in Greece?s new leftist-led coalition government, comparing it to an EU rebuke to Austria 15 years ago.