Slovenia

  • Jul 12, 2021
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Combative Slovene premier faces defeat in 2022

Civil groups use fears of threat to water quality to build convincing defeat for government in referendum

Slovenia
  • Jul 1, 2021
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Slovenia’s EU presidency will meet stiff opposition

Slovenia’s presidency of the EU Council could be frustrated by political opposition in the European Parliament

Slovenia
  • May 28, 2021
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Slovenia’s Jansa backs enlarging EU to Western Balkans

Controversial Slovenian premier proposes new EU constitutional umpire and admitting all six Balkan candidates at once

Slovenia
  • May 24, 2021
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Slovenia will remain polarised, whatever Jansa’s fate

The opposition needs a no-confidence vote soon to topple the Jansa government before Slovenia takes up the EU presidency

Slovenia
  • Dec 18, 2020
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Defection could presage collapse of Slovene coalition

A change in the DeSUS party's prospects with the return of an old leader emboldens a break from the governing alliance

Slovenia
  • May 12, 2020
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Slovenian government may spoil its record on COVID-19

With relatively few infected with COVID-19, restrictions are being relaxed, but some accuse Jansa of authoritarianism

Slovenia
  • Mar 16, 2020
  • 7 min read

Jansa will consolidate Slovenia’s rightward shift

Slovenian politics is polarising, as nationalist conservatives and neo-socialists threaten liberal parties' monopoly

Slovenia
  • Feb 27, 2020
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Slovenia’s new premier will be Orban ally in EU

Friend of Hungary’s Orban heads disparate coalition with populist programme including tougher line against migrants

Slovenia