Slovenia has taken a major political turn, as parliament approved right-wing leader Janez Janša as prime minister, with 51 of 90 members backing him — above the 46-seat threshold needed for a majority.
The move ends a political stalemate after the March elections and marks a sharp shift away from the previous liberal government.
For Israel, this is an important development. Janša has long been one of the strongest pro-Israel voices in Europe. He opposed the previous Slovenian government’s recognition of a Palestinian state and condemned the move as damaging to Slovenia and supportive of Hamas.
In the past, Janša also promised to move Slovenia’s embassy to Jerusalem — a step that would place Slovenia among the few European countries willing to challenge the EU’s usual anti-Israel consensus.