Slovenia Deadlock Looms as Nationalist Ballot Winner Shunned
- Sarec sticks to pledge to reject cooperation with Jansa
- Inconclusive election may lead to months of political deadlock
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Marjan Sarec, the runner-up in Slovenia’s inconclusive elections, doubled down on his pledge to reject forming a governing alliance with the ballot’s nationalist winner, raising the prospect of protracted political wrangling.
The standoff is threatening to send another euro-zone country tilting into political turmoil. The makeup of the next administration will decide whether the Adriatic nation will stick with the mainstream European Union politics it’s followed since last decade or slides toward the euroskepticism that governments have embraced in neighbors Italy, Hungary and Austria.