ISSN: 2560-1601 Vol. 2 No. 1 (SI) December 2017 Slovenia Political briefing: Political developments in Slovenia in 2017 Helena Motoh 1052 Budapest Petőfi Sándor utca 11. +36 1 5858 690 Kiadó: Kína-KKE Intézet Nonprofit Kft.
[email protected] Szerkesztésért felelős személy: Chen Xin Kiadásért felelős személy: Huang Ping china-cee.eu Briefing on the most important political developments in Slovenia in 2017 In 2017 Slovenian political sphere was marked by several important events and developments. Domestic politics was mostly marked by the fact that 2017 was the year of presidential elections and a year leading to the scheduled 2018 parliamentary elections. Within both frameworks there was a lot of new development within and between political parties. There were also events outside the domestic politics, in economy and investment that greatly influenced the dynamics on the political stage, such as the heated debate on the Magna company project in Hoče and the referendum about the law on the second railway track Divača-Koper. Generally speaking, the political dynamics could be seen on two different levels: (1) between the existing political parties and within them, and (2) outside the sphere of parliamentary parties, where other factions and groups are organizing before the 2018 elections. 1) Dynamics within and between the existing political parties Domestic politics in 2017 was marked by structural dynamics within the leading political party, between the government parties and between the government and the opposition. There was also some profiling evident between the right-wing parties of the opposition, all that being doubtlessly additionally motivated by the upcoming 2018 parliamentary elections.