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| Slovenia vote to elect new government | |
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| Voters in Slovenia are voting in parliamentary elections that opinion polls suggest could unseat Prime Minister Borut Pahor's government. | |
| The centre-right opposition of former Prime Minister Janez Jansa has promised spending cuts and painful reforms to avoid another recession. | The centre-right opposition of former Prime Minister Janez Jansa has promised spending cuts and painful reforms to avoid another recession. |
| He has also said he would raise the retirement age, one of Europe's lowest. | He has also said he would raise the retirement age, one of Europe's lowest. |
| Mr Pahor's government lost a confidence vote in September over pension reforms, prompting the early elections. | Mr Pahor's government lost a confidence vote in September over pension reforms, prompting the early elections. |
| Sunday's vote could see him follow his counterparts in Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Portugal as the latest eurozone leader to be ousted this year as a result of the debt crisis, says the BBC's Europe analyst Sam Wilson. | Sunday's vote could see him follow his counterparts in Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Portugal as the latest eurozone leader to be ousted this year as a result of the debt crisis, says the BBC's Europe analyst Sam Wilson. |
| Slovenia's economy was booming under Mr Jansa's previous term as prime minister, from 2004-08, but recent years have seen government debt and deficit soar and its borrowing rates hit the 7% danger level. | Slovenia's economy was booming under Mr Jansa's previous term as prime minister, from 2004-08, but recent years have seen government debt and deficit soar and its borrowing rates hit the 7% danger level. |
| The country's export-reliant economy has been hit hard by the global downturn. | The country's export-reliant economy has been hit hard by the global downturn. |
| Opinion polls suggest Mr Jansa's Slovenia Democratic Party (SDS) is the clear favourite over Mr Pahor's Social Democrats, but he may need the support of smaller parties to form a government. | Opinion polls suggest Mr Jansa's Slovenia Democratic Party (SDS) is the clear favourite over Mr Pahor's Social Democrats, but he may need the support of smaller parties to form a government. |