Mar 23 • 07:08 UTC 🇭🇷 Croatia Narod.hr

Parliamentary elections: Golob won a seat, but the fight for a majority is just beginning

In Slovenia's parliamentary elections, Robert Golob's Freedom Movement leads with 28.55% of the votes, while Janez Janša's SDS follows closely behind at 28.17%.

Slovenia recently held parliamentary elections, with preliminary results indicating that Robert Golob's Freedom Movement garnered 28.55% of the votes, edging out Janez Janša's SDS, which received 28.17%. Based on the counted votes, the Freedom Movement is projected to secure 29 parliamentary seats compared to SDS's 28. Other parties such as NSi, SLS, and Fokus are entering the parliament with 9 seats each, while SD and Democrats have 6, and Resni.ca, Ljevica, and Vesna each have 5.

The pivotal moment of the elections is the allocation of mandates, where none of the parties have achieved a clear majority. The left bloc can count on a total of 40 mandates with potential partners, whereas the right bloc totals 43, but neither faction can form a government without the support of Resni.ca, a party that was previously unable to cross the electoral threshold in the last elections. Resni.ca, now in a position of power, is expected to receive calls from both Golob and Janša as they seek to form a coalition.

Resni.ca, led by Zoran Stevanović, has outlined a program that opposes Slovenia's membership in the European Union. This positioning has the potential to influence Slovenia's future political landscape significantly, as the party prepares to negotiate its role in the new government, which will determine Slovenia's policies on EU integration and domestic governance in the coming years.

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