By: Gašper Blažič
Political analyst Dr Boštjan M. Turk believes that the mandate of the incoming government will be marked by the stabilisation of the state after a period of intense pressure by the champagne socialists on the most vital segments of Slovenian society. “The new coalition is coming to power at a moment when a large part of the public is tired of conflicts with the most productive and vital elements of society – entrepreneurs, craftsmen, doctors, farmers, and also pensioners.This was, in fact, the main reason for the political shift,” he said in an interview for our portal.
We asked him mainly about the attacks on the government even before it has been elected. “The intervention act, parliamentary inquiries, SKOK, and other measures of the new government are therefore entirely logical and expected steps of a state that wants to re‑establish order, efficiency, and trust in institutions. Of course, these measures will meet fierce resistance from the transitional left, as they interfere with networks of political and interest‑based influence that have been built for decades. But this is an inevitable part of any serious normalisation of the state,” he said.
Prof. Dr Boštjan M. Turk, the author of numerous books on Slovenia’s transition, had already predicted in advance that the next prime minister of Slovenia would be Janez Janša. He wrote this in his book The Suppressed Side, published in December. Shortly after the shocking murder of Aleš Šutar, around 25 November 2025, he wrote: “The Roma issue will be such a hellish machine, a checkmate position, for any left‑wing government that might eventually take office after Golob. But that is unlikely. The burning issue will act in such a way that, by automatic reflex, it will place in the government seat on Gregorčičeva Street in Ljubljana the one who can handle the problem. Otherwise, the state will explode. And that will – again by automatic logic – be someone from the democratic alternative originating from DEMOS. Given that such a mandate can only be given to the president of the strongest political group in this constellation, there is no need to guess who that would be.” (The Suppressed Side, p. 12). Six months after this prediction, it came true.
On the same page he also wrote: “In view of this, and also in view of other forms of general dissatisfaction caused by socialist rampaging through the Republic, things are not entirely bleak. Golob’s government is at war with the vital layers of the Slovenian nation: with entrepreneurs, with doctors, with farmers, and with pensioners. Those who spent all their time counting Palestinian victims and calling for an end to the massacres in Gaza are today the first to demand, by law, the poisoning of the helpless and the elderly. A more blatant contradiction of the left is unimaginable. If they loudly defend life abroad, they shamelessly call for death upon Slovenian citizens, the most vulnerable among them. People see this and remember. That is why a shift will come; it cannot be otherwise.” (The Suppressed Side, p. 12).
“And that is exactly what is happening today. That is why I am optimistic about the coming years. After a long time, Slovenia once again has the opportunity to focus on itself, on its people, on security, the economy, and the future. The attacks of the champagne left will be strong, the media pressure as well, but I believe the key political current has already shifted,” he said in the interview for Demokracija. According to him, people have begun voting for normality, order, and efficiency. “And that is, in the long run, always stronger than ideological noise.”