Overview
- With more than 90% of ballots tallied, Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement and Janez Jansa’s Slovenian Democratic Party each hold about 28%, leaving no clear path to a majority.
- An anti-establishment group and a conservative party formed by a former Jansa ally also entered parliament, further fragmenting the chamber and complicating coalition arithmetic.
- Both sides signaled that coalition negotiations will determine who governs, with Jansa saying he will await final results after an early exit poll showed Golob narrowly ahead.
- State authorities are probing secretly recorded videos alleging graft for possible links to Israeli firm Black Cube, and Golob has asked the European Commission to investigate foreign interference.
- Jansa acknowledged meeting a Black Cube adviser and denied wrongdoing, while campaigning on business tax breaks and cuts to NGO, welfare, and media funding; Golob highlighted liberal reforms and Slovenia’s recognition of Palestine with an arms embargo on Israel.