Government coalitions are seldom effective, pulled in different directions by coalition partners let alone the opposition. In Slovenia, this rings true.
The country’s centre-right government, led by the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), holds a narrow majority in parliament, with just 49 of the 90 seats, even fewer than the previous coalition government. Making matters worse, it is composed of several parties with diverse policy agendas. By the end of 2005 public support for the government was ebbing, though the largest opposition party, the centre-left Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), was in a worse state.
