Less than nine months into Grabar-Kitarović's term the european migrant crisis began to escalate with large numbers of migrants entering Greece and Macedonia and crossing from Serbia into Hungary, with the latter beginning the construction of a fence on its southern border as a result [REF].
With the parliament expected to dissolve by 25 September,[REF] Grabar-Kitarović called parliamentary elections for 8 November 2015 [REF].