Online-Talk: Elections in Slovenia – Will Janez Janša return to power?

Online Conversation with Ali Žerdin, Slovenian journalist and book author, editor of the Saturday supplement, of Slovenia’s major daily, Delo.

Background:
On 22 March 2026 Slovenia holds parliamentary elections: A total of 18 lists of candidates have registered. In spite of Slovenia’s fragmented political landscape, analysts and polls suggest that the upcoming elections will be a competition between two major political blocks: those around the current prime minister, Robert Golob, head of the centre-left coalition, and the populist three-times prime minister Janez Janša, remembered for corruption scandals and his congratulations to Donald Trump’s 2020 elections’ victory.

Golob campaigns on stability and green energy reforms while Janša seeks to capitalize on discontent over unfulfilled economic promises and migration policy.

Ali Žerdin explores both major electoral issues and foreign policy programs.

Speaker:
Ali Žerdin has been the editor of the Saturday supplement at the Slovenian daily Delo since 2010. Previously, he worked as a journalist and/or editor -in- chief for different Slovenian media: Student radio, Mladina, and Dnevnik.

Concept and Moderation:
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