Slovenians are casting ballots in a parliamentary election that is expected to be a tight race between Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s ruling right-wing populists and liberals in the politically divided European Union nation.
Some 1.7 million voters will choose from an array of parties running for seats in the 90-member legislature. The ruling conservative Slovenian Democratic Party and newly formed Freedom Movement have led polls ahead of the vote.
Jansa became prime minister a little over two years ago after the previous liberal premier resigned. An admirer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, Jansa has pushed the country to the right since taking over at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.The main challenger Sunday is U.S.-educated former business executive Robert Golob and his Freedom Movement party. The party has advocated green energy transition and sustainable development over Jansa’s nation-centered narrative.
Jansa’s SDS won the most votes in an election four years ago but could not initially find partners for a coalition government. He took over after lawmakers from centrist and left-leaning groups switched sides following the resignation in 2020 of liberal Prime Minister Marjan Sarec. Liberals have described Sunday’s election as a referendum on Slovenia’s future. They argue that Jansa, if re-elected, would push the traditionally moderate nation further away from “core” EU democratic values and toward other populist regimes.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ilhan Omar meets recently ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran KhanRep. Ilhan Omar met with the recently removed Pakistani prime minister on Wednesday.
Read more »
Amazon extends Prime perks to merchant sitesAmazon is extending the benefits of a Prime subscription to online stores beyond its own site, a move geared toward boosting revenue from merchant fees and expanding its logistics footprint.
Read more »
Nets can’t afford to waste another year of Kevin Durant’s primeDurant is healthy and Kyrie Irving is healthy, and who knows when or if that will happen again at this time of year.
Read more »
NFL Will Play Three Games on Christmas, Including Prime-Time NBC MatchupThe NFL will play three games on Christmas Day for the first time in 2022, including a prime-time matchup on NBC.
Read more »
Sean Hannity surpasses Larry King as longest-running prime-time cable news host.FoxNews host SeanHannity surpassed TV legend Larry King ( kingsthings ) on Thursday when he became the longest-running prime-time cable news host in television history.
Read more »
Here’s How DeSantis Could Lose Every Culture War Legal Battle and Still Win the GOP Primary War'If [Ron] DeSantis runs in 2024, he’ll enter the race possibly more hated even than Trump—at least when it comes to liberals, and probably quite a few independents, too,' writes lizmair.
Read more »