Prime Minister Janez Jansa is, according to the left, illiberal and "urbanizing" his country, sanctions and EU proceedings are being urged against him in the European Parliament.
the magyarhirlap.hu portal.
Prime Minister Janez Jansa, president of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) belonging to the European People's Party (EPP), is regularly labeled a populist or even an autocrat in the international press. For months, Slovenia has been mentioned among the "problem" countries of the European Union, together with Hungary and Poland.
Sophie Pornschlegel - who is an analyst for several think tanks, such as the European Policy Center - said, for example: Jansa does not value democracy, Slovenia suffers from urbanization, and although the presidency's priorities include the rule of law, there will hardly be any movement in the "correct" direction. According to the American Foreign Policy, Jansa is one of the most illiberal leaders in Europe.
Although Janez Jansa does not shy away from confrontation, his government still wanted to provide a stable hinterland for the six months of the presidency. However, the left-liberal opposition rejected the ceasefire, opposition leader Marjan Sarec, for example, said according to Euractiv that if they give up the tools at their disposal, they will give up democracy itself. He also did not rule out that another motion of no confidence would be submitted against Jansa during the presidency.
The next six months could also be decisive in the relationship between the SDS and the European People's Party. You can count on a further increase in attacks, and it is quite possible that if that party family does not stand by it, then SDS will also follow Fidesz - by the way, this was already predicted by several analyzes months ago.
Last week, Jansa was asked at a press conference about the joint statement signed by Fidesz and several parties of the two factions to the right of the EPP, such as the Italian League, the Polish Law and Justice and the French National Consolidation, regarding the future of Europe. The response of the Slovenian prime minister quoted Viktor Orbán's previous statements. Jansa recalled that they entered the party family during the golden age of the EPP, and they are still fighting to return the People's Party to its original path. "If that doesn't work out, there are other options," he noted.
the prime minister also said that he is not a fan of stigmatization, that different opinions about the values that form the foundations of the union must be respected, that the application of double standards is the shortest way to the collapse of the European Union. He objected that Slovenia is being blamed for laws for which the Netherlands is not being attacked.
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