• Janez Janša and his wife Urška Bačovnik Janša cast their votes on March 22, 2026, in Arnace.
  • Janša’s return to power could steer Slovenia, an EU member of two million, back to an illiberal course after four years of a center-left government under liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob.
  • In Hungary, right-wing populist Viktor Orbán was voted out, while in neighboring Slovenia, an Orbán friend returns to power.
  • Janša will form a minority government of three center-right parties: his SDS, the Christian Democrats (NSI-Fokus-SLS), and the Democrats of former Foreign Minister Anže Logar.
  • The coalition will be supported by the right-wing populist Resnica party, which will not join the government.

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