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The economy is weighing on Croatian voters’ minds as residents prepare to choose from 300 candidates for their 12 seats in the European Parliament on Sunday. The Adriatic country of some 3.8 million adopted the euro last year. Still, multiple crises in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, deeply affected its economy and citizens. Also, tens of thousands of the young and able have used the option of finding work elsewhere in the EU to leave in search of a better life, creating a significant gap in the labour market. Nationalist and Euroscept…