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Slovenia's National Assembly confirmed Janez Janša as prime minister for a fourth non-consecutive term on a 51-vote majority, installing a conservative governing coalition in the central European economy and immediately reversing course on foreign policy, energy, and business regulation.
The Slovenian Democratic Party took 28 of 90 parliamentary seats in the March 22 election with 27.9% of the vote, fewer than rival Robert Golob's Freedom Movement, yet Janša built the winning bloc where Golob could not.
The agenda in motion covers Israel defense trade, a second nuclear reactor, and the EU's immigration framework.
The coalition math Golob's Freedom Movement won 29 seats and 28.7% of the vote, a net loss of 12 seats from 2022, but failed to assemble the 46 votes needed to govern over a month of talks.
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