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The New Right Wing Triangle in the Trump-Orbán-Netanyahu Era

Catherine Samary — 2020-08-13T08:32:29Z

On 8 July, 2020 a videoconference was broadcast by Viktor Orbán, Janez Janša and Aleksandar Vu?i?, respectively the heads of government of Hungary, Slovenia and Serbia. The moderator, François-Xavier Bellamy, was the leader in the European Parliament (EP) of the French right-wing party Les Républicains (LR), which. like the parties of the Hungarian and Slovenian leaders, is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) . They defended a Europe “without censorship” which protects itself from “foreigners” (and LGBT people).

- IV547 - August 2020 / Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia

The struggle against authoritarian liberalism is more urgent than ever.

Ana Podvrs?ic?, Jas?a Veselinovic? — 2020-07-15T08:58:45Z

Rarely given any space in international media, Slovenia has recently been filling the (web)pages of newspapers like Le Monde, The Guardian, Courrier International and the BBC. Reports were about thousands of people protesting on bicycles against the new right-wing government, led by Janez Janša and his Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS - Slovenian Democratic Party). They are known internationally for their ideological, political and financial links to Viktor Orbán's Fidesz. Under the guise of fighting the coronavirus, the Slovenian government combined strict public health measures (broadly supported by the public) with a vicious attack on public institutions, journalists, NGOs and practices of formal democracy.

- IV546 - July 2020 / Slovenia, Covid-19 Pandemic

Building the Slovenian Left

Luka Mesec — 2019-04-19T19:17:50Z

Luka Mesec, the coordinator for the party Levica (“The Left”) in Slovenia, in conversation with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung's Wenke Christoph, on the political models that helped them succeed, and what challenges and chances come along with tolerating the government and building local structures.

- IV531 - April 2019 / Slovenia

A radical left in Parliament, a contradiction or a perspective?

Marko KrÅ¾an — 2019-03-19T16:59:52Z

As we know, the left-wing parties of Western Europe, such as the German party Die Linke, play a folkloric role or, in the best of cases, that of a moral corrector and have very little influence on political events. Their parliamentary work is mostly limited to agitation. In Eastern European countries, these parties often fail to enter Parliament.

- IV530 - March 2019 / Slovenia

Against Janša, Against Brussels

Božidar Kolar, Jaša Veselinovic, Matej Križanec, Tonja Jerele — 2018-07-10T14:39:04Z

The far right won elections this month in Slovenia. Can the Left mount a challenge?

- IV522 - July 2018 / Hungary, Slovenia

Parliamentary elections in Slovenia

2018-06-14T00:06:45Z

A new electoral consultation took place in Slovenia on Sunday 3 June 2018. The ultra-right conservatives of Janez Jansa gained the highest number of votes with 24,96 % It is followed by another right party that won 12,66 %. This important score is largely due to anti-migrant demagogy. But this election result is not enough to have a majority government and if he wants to be in power, Janez Jansa will have to find partners from the multitude of small parties, including the anti-islamic party that obtained 4,20 % of the vote. [It would be an exaggeration to call Jelin?i?'s party fascist. JanÅ¡a's party certainly has neo-fascist features and even originates from Slovene interwar fascism, but it would be anachronistic to describe it as such.] Meanwhile there are events that can provide hope. The Levica party (The left) won 9,29 %. This is to be compared with the 9,92 % gained by the social-democrat party. Lucien Perpette asked Marko Krzan, a militant of Levica to comment on these elections :

- IV521 - June 2018 / Slovenia

Crisis and class-struggle in Slovenia: the growing momentum of socialist politics

JaÅ¡a Lategano — 2014-11-03T11:31:21Z

For many liberal spectators, Slovenia was for a long time considered a success story of transition from a â€˜socialist dictatorship' into a â€˜parliamentary democracy' based on a market economy. In the winter of 2012, however, mass popular uprisings swept through the larger cities and eventually brought down the far-right neoliberal government of the Slovenian Democratic Party. What followed was more or less a continuation of the same policies under a nominally â€˜centre-left' government. In a similar way that Tony Blair could be considered Margaret Thatcher's greatest achievement, the technocratic approach to dealing with the manifold crisis devastating Slovenian society in general and the historical achievements of labor movement in particular, has become the universal language spoken by all political forces, often including those of organized labor. It seems, considering the socio-economic situation in the entire European periphery, that the subsumption of all spheres of society under the profit-driven rule of capitalist accumulation has only really begun for Slovenia.

- IV478 - November 2014 / Slovenia

The fight for socialism in Slovenia: an interview with Anej Korsika

Anej Korsika , James Robertson — 2014-09-09T10:07:03Z

An interview from LeftEast with Anej Korsika a political scientist, a member of the Marxist think tank, Institute for Labour Studies in Ljubljana and a member of the socialist party Initiative for Democratic Socialism conducted by James Robertson for LeftEast

- IV476 - September 2014 / Slovenia

The revolt spreads

Lucien Perpette — 2013-02-20T15:36:13Z

Slovenia, a country of two million inhabitants which was once the jewel in the crown of Yugoslavia's industrial economy, and the first Republic to separate from Yugoslavia and become a member of the European Union and the Euro zone, is experiencing a serious social and political crisis which could have significant repercussions for the future of other countries where capitalism has been restored.

- IV457 - February 2013 / Slovenia

On the way back in Croatia and Slovenia

Lucien Perpette — 2009-06-27T16:44:26Z

For some time now in Slovenia skinheads have been attacking immigrant workers. This has caused indignation and provoked a reaction from radical youth and the Slovenian left.

- IV413 - June 2009 / Slovenia