Marko Kržan is a sociologist, ione of the founders of the Slovenian party Ljevica (The Left) and was a parliamentary assistant for this party during the 2014-2018 term.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.