Europe in Line for Another Nationalist Leader as Jansa Gets Nod
- Former Slovenian premier outmaneuvers Sarec, who resigned
- New government will swing right under anti-immigrant leader
Janez Jansa in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Feb. 26.
Photographer: Jure Makovec/AFP via Getty Images
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Slovenian opposition leader Janez Jansa won a chance to form a new government, birthing a new nationalist administration in a region already struggling to control a surge in populism.
President Borut Pahor’s nomination of Jansa as prime-minister designate torpedoes a plan to trigger early elections by former Premier Marjan Sarec. A former television comedian and mayor who blocked Jansa from power after 2018 elections, Sarec unexpectedly resigned last month in a failed tactical bid to win more seats in parliament.