Slovenian President, Borut Pahor, on Saturday dissolved the national parliament and scheduled early elections for June 3.
Prime Minister, Miro Cerar, resigned in March after the Supreme Court annulled the results of a referendum on his administration’s showcase project, a 1-billion-euro (1.2-billion-dollar) rail upgrade billed as crucial for development and economic growth.
The June election will be the second Cerar’s Modern Centre Party has contested since its founding.
Four years ago, it won the largest vote share of 35 per cent shortly after it was formed.
More than 20 parties and coalitions have already confirmed they will run in the elections and attempt to clear the parliamentary threshold by capturing no less 4 per cent of the vote.
Early opinion polls indicated that a newcomer may again upset the established players, with the party of Marjan Sarec, an actor and the former mayor of Kamnik, capturing a significant amount of votes.
He was the runner-up in October presidential elections.
The election campaign for the 90 legislative seats in 88 districts and the two reserved for representatives of the country’s Italian and Hungarian minorities begins on May 3.
Slovenia was the first former Yugoslav republic to join the European Union in 2004 and is a part of its single-currency euro zone.
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