Slovenia facing same fate as Hungary

Slovenia's conservative ex-prime minister Janez Janša has good chances of winning the country's early parliamentary elections on December 4. The left-liberal daily Dnevnik draws a parallel with Hungary's authoritarian head of government Viktor Orbán: "The mindset and the psychological profile are very similar. Both are representatives of the authoritarian brand of politician who takes control of his state and exploits everything for his own interests: the media, public administration, school system, even the constitution. ... If we want to understand what the mental attitude of political Slovenia will be like after December 4 we just need to look at the developments and the political climate in Hungary. ... But there is a small difference between Orbán and Janša. While Orbán's political record is more or less clean Janša's is problematic, and this will cause difficulties."

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