Slovenias parliament has voted into office a new, center-left government, replacing a right-wing one that had pushed the moderate European Union nation toward populism<\/p>\n
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Slovenias parliament on Wednesday formally voted into office a new, center-left government, replacing a right-wing one that had pushed the moderate European Union nation toward populism.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers voted 53-28 for the Cabinet of Robert Golob, head of the liberal-green Freedom Movement party and a former business executive who only recently entered politics. <\/p>\n
Golob's Freedom Movement won April 24 elections in Slovenia, defeating the right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his Slovenian Democratic Party. Golob has formed an alliance with two left-leaning parties.<\/p>\n
The new government is a combination of experienced politicians and experts, Golob told parliament earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Im pleased we have such a good team and I look forward to the weeks, months, years and terms in office ahead, as I know this team will deliver good results,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Golob has said the government would promote social equality, green energy transformation and reform. Slovenias citizens will be proud of their new government, he promised.<\/p>\n
I think you can already feel it in the last few weeks that the mood is more relaxed, that tensions have eased, he added.<\/p>\n
Golob was referring to political tensions under previous PM Jansa, who has faced accusations of fostering divisions and curbing democratic freedoms. A close ally of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Jansa has denied the allegations. <\/p>\n
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