The Virant List, Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) and People's Party (SLS) had given the four other parties in parliament until today to respond to their initiative for a national unity government.
Virant said "impulses showed there is no support" for the plan. The trio may continue coalition talks together - they wield much greater influence as a bloc, as it is impossible to form a government without at least one of the three - but they are at currently in different positions. The Virant List is open to all options, left or right, the SLS does not want to enter a coalition led by election winners Positive Slovenia, whereas the DeSUS, although theoretically open to all options, will reach a decision this afternoon.
The plan for a national unity government had been met with much criticism as the trio effectively halted the formation of a government. But Virant nevertheless thinks the decision to give it a try was right. The shelving of the plan probably opens the way for the nomination of Positive Slovenia leader Zoran Janković as prime minister-designate. However, he is far from securing a majority in parliament.
SOURCE: The Slovenia Times
