Conservative parties

Hungary’s Opposition Has New Face that Orban Will Paint as Part of the Past

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 08:31

Marki-Zay, or MZP as he's known more colloquially, was polling so poorly before the first round of the primaries on September 18-28 that it seemed highly unlikely he would be among the top three candidates to make it through to the second and final round held on October 10-16. But then he did, with only 21 per cent of the vote.

Reporter argues snap election last thing the right wing wants

Published by The Slovenia Times on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 17:19

Ljubljana – The weekly Reporter says in its latest editorial that an early election is the last thing the right wing wants, as it is looking forward to the distribution of EU funds. It is unlikely, though, Janez Janša will remain prime minister after the next election, the magazine notes.

Janša thinks belated response to Covid partially due to parliaments

Published by The Slovenia Times on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 16:31

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša said that the response to the Covid-19 pandemic had been belated in particular in countries where governments needed to get parliamentary approval to take measures, as he addressed an international online conference on governments and public sector post-recovery on Monday.

SDS requests debate on protection of legal order in face of protests

Published by The Slovenia Times on Wed, 09/29/2021 - 22:49

Ljubljana – The senior coalition Democrats (SDS) filed a request on Wednesday for an emergency session of the parliamentary interior affairs and justice committees to discuss the duties of law enforcement in the protection of the legal order and democratic postulates in the face of recent unannounced protests.

Janša presents SDS’s terms for cooperation in next coalition

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sun, 08/29/2021 - 21:18

Krško – The head of the ruling coalition Democrats (SDS) and Prime Minister Janez Janša commented at the party’s regional meeting in Leskovec pri Krškem on Saturday on a possible new coalition, saying that the SDS did not exclude anyone but that it did have certain conditions such as that all partners work for the common good rather than own interests.

Orban’s ‘Neverendums’

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 14:23

Critics counter that the questions are mostly irrelevant, as no school organises sex education for children without the consent of parents and gender reassignment is not legally possible under the age of 18, and even for those older has been made extremely difficult.

MEPs convey stark message about rule of law in debate on EU presidency priorities

Published by The Slovenia Times on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 20:59

Strasbourg – MEPs from the majority of political groups in the European Parliament sent PM Janez Janša some stark messages about the rule of law after he presented Slovenia’s EU presidency priorities in the Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. His European People’s Party (EPP) too urged him to promptly appoint European delegated prosecutors.

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