Another Euro Member Heads for Turmoil After Nationalist Win
- Ex-Premier Jansa wins vote but falls short of majority
- Left-leaning parties vowed to shun Jansa from coalition
Janez Jansa
Photographer: Jure Makovec/AFP via Getty Images
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Nationalists won Slovenia’s general elections, setting another euro-area nation on course for political deadlock as rival parties united in condemnation of their anti-refugee rhetoric and vowed to block them from government.
Former Prime Minister Janez Jansa followed the tactics that led anti-immigrant populists to victory in three of Slovenia’s neighbors -- Italy, Austria and Hungary -- challenging the European Union’s mainstream. Jansa, though, may be contained as parties advocating middle-of-the road politics have a chance to keep him out of power. With a fractured parliament, the ex-Yugoslav country looks headed for a period of uncertainty either way.