{"id":62651,"date":"2022-04-25T08:26:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=62651"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T08:15:03","slug":"slovenia-shows-that-proportional-representation-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/04\/25\/slovenia-shows-that-proportional-representation-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenia shows what proportional representation can do"},"content":{"rendered":"

I celebrate this historic win in Slovenia:<\/p>\n

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As The Guardian notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Political newcomer liberal Robert Golob has defeated Slovenia\u2019s three-time prime minister, populist conservative Janez Jan\u0161a, in elections in a country split by bitter political divisions over the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Golob\u2019s Freedom Movement (GS), which he launched only in January, has built on anger with Jan\u0161a\u2019s regime in the former Yugoslav state.<\/p>\n

The opposition accuses Jan\u0161a of having tried to undermine democratic institutions and press freedoms since he returned to power in 2020.<\/p>\n

With almost all the votes counted on Sunday in the country of around two million people, GS stood at 34.5% of the vote compared with 23.6% for Jan\u0161a\u2019s Slovenian Democratic party.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If the third paragraph sounds familiar that is because I think it should.<\/p>\n

This is what proportional representation can do, of course.<\/p>\n

If only we could build the same confidence for a green \/ socially liberal alliance here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I celebrate this historic win in Slovenia: As The Guardian notes: Political newcomer liberal Robert Golob has defeated Slovenia\u2019s three-time prime minister, populist conservative Janez
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