Jansa will consolidate Slovenia’s rightward shift

Significance

Slovenia has a new four-party conservative coalition government, comprising the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), the Modern Centre Party (SMC), the New Slovenia-Christian Democrats (NSi) and the Pensioners’ Party (DeSuS). Under their coalition agreement, SDS has seven of 16 ministries plus the premiership, SMC four, NSi three and DeSuS two.

Impacts

• The rise of SDS will consolidate the trend in Central Europe towards national conservativism and deepen the east-west divide in the EU.
• Efforts to clamp down on illegal immigration will exacerbate tensions between Ljubljana and Zagreb.
• There is a chance a proposed package of supply-side reforms will stimulate the economy as the downturn in Europe hits Slovenian exports.