Slovenia's political survivor Janez Jansa is back
Key takeaways
- The new coalition government of Slovenia's veteran leader Janez Jansa was approved by parliament on Thursday.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Eu3v Janez Jansa was appointed prime minister of Slovenia for the fourth time on May 22Image: Borut Zivulovic/REUTERSAdvertisement Janez Jansa is the great survivor of Slovenian politics.
- His right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) consistently commands around a quarter of the vote in parliamentary elections.
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The new coalition government of Slovenia's veteran leader Janez Jansa was approved by parliament on Thursday. It's already advancing divisive policies that some warn could deepen polarization.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Eu3v Janez Jansa was appointed prime minister of Slovenia for the fourth time on May 22Image: Borut Zivulovic/REUTERSAdvertisement Janez Jansa is the great survivor of Slovenian politics. He served as defense minister in Slovenia's first independent government in 1991 and is now back in the prime minister's office for the fourth time.
Appointed on May 22, he is already stirring up controversy, both historical — over the treatment of Nazi collaborators summarily executed at the end of World War II — and current, with tax cuts trade unions say will further enrich the already wealthy to the detriment of public services.