Backsliding of democracy in Slovenia under right-wing populist Janez Janša
Backsliding of democracy in Slovenia under right-wing populist Janez Janša

Author(s): Žiga Faktor
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Civil Society, Government/Political systems
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Keywords: Democracy in Slovenia; constitutional state;
Summary/Abstract: Amid the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, Slovenia experienced a major political shift, as Janez Janša, leader of conservative SDS party, was appointed as a new Prime minister of Slovenia, filling the political vacuum created after a resignation of a former PM Marjan Šarec earlier this year. With Janša’s strong ties to Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, his endorsement of right-wing populist rhetoric and ferocious verbal attacks on journalists and established media, many fear that Slovenia’s democratic principles are at stake, while the situation can be further exacerbated by the current state of coronavirus emergency in which the new government can entrench its power.

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