Slovenian Parliament Backs Jansa's Centre-Right Government on 49-30 Vote, Setting Stage for Tax Cuts and Foreign Policy Shift

Slovenia's parliament approved Prime Minister Janez Jansa's centre-right government on Thursday, June 4, 2026, by a 49-30 vote. The 15-member cabinet includes ministers from Jansa's SDS party and coalition partners NSi, Democrats and Focus. The SLS party, the fifth coalition partner, received no ministerial post.

The five-party coalition controls 43 seats in the 90-seat parliament. The right-wing Resnica party supported the cabinet without formally joining the government. Deputies representing national minorities also voted in favor.

Jansa secured a fourth term after an inconclusive March election. Slovenia had been led for the previous four years by a liberal government under Robert Golob, who narrowly won the election but could not assemble a majority coalition. Jansa told parliament the cabinet would represent the whole country, with ministers drawn from different generations and across Slovenia.

He praised the ministers as experienced executives. In the same speech, Jansa pledged to cut what he called record-high taxes and a large bureaucracy compared with other European countries. He also vowed to tackle corruption and devolve more powers to local governments.

Jansa said he would invite opposition parties next week to join a partnership to help draft key legislation. "A hand is offered," he told lawmakers. " Al-Monitor reported that analysts expect the new government to shift foreign policy away from the previous administration, which recognised a Palestinian state and imposed travel bans on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his far-right ministers.

The new government was signed in Ljubljana on June 4, 2026.