LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia's government is on the verge of collapse after another junior partner quit the center-right coalition just days before a confidence vote in the parliament.
The People’s Party and its two ministers left the government on Monday, becoming the third party to do so since an anti-graft watchdog in January accused Prime Minister Janez Jansa of corruption, which he has denied.
The confidence vote on Jansa’s government is set for Wednesday.
If the government collapses, an opposition leader would become prime minister-designate, in a political reshuffle that would lead to the formation of a new Cabinet without immediate early elections.
An early vote would prolong finding a solution for Slovenia’s economic downturn, and would likely lead the small EU state to seek international bailout.
