By: Spletni časopis
A fairly decisive majority – though smaller than in the Ninamedia poll for Dnevnik – would currently reject the additional astronomical pension privileges for the elite, enacted by MPs from the Gibanje Svoboda, SD, and Levica parties, in a referendum.
Turnout for the referendum – initiated by the SDS, which collected 40,000 signatures – would also be high enough to meet the quorum set by the Constitution for rejecting a law. This was shown by the recently published Utrip association’s survey by the research centre of the Janez Evangelist Krek Institute, which included 715 participants (RC IJEK, April 2025, n = 715). The full survey is available HERE. A comparison of the results from the Ninamedia poll for Dnevnik and the IJEK survey, considering only voters who said they will go to the referendum and have already indicated how they will vote (since only such ballots count), is as follows:
The Constitution stipulates that a law is rejected in a referendum if a majority of those who cast valid votes vote against it, provided that at least one-fifth of all eligible voters vote against it. The Utrip association’s poll indicates that this threshold would be met. In fact, 27% of all respondents said they would vote against the law, which significantly exceeds the one-fifth (20%) requirement.
However, the campaign is only just beginning, and public opinion polls should be taken with caution – they often miss the mark even just days before the vote.