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SLOVENIA: PM Marjan Sarec's resignation comes as the PM says his minority

coalition gov't is now unable to pass legislation following resignation of

finance minister earlier in the day. 

- With snap elections in the offing, focus will now shift to what the next gov't

could look like. 

- In 2018 election, the centre-right Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) won a

plurality, but could not find enough coalition allies to form a majority gov't.

Since then, opinion polls show a decline in support for the SDS, from 24.9% to

around 13-16% in Jan. 

- PM Marjan Sarec's centrist big-tent party (called the List of Marjan Sarec,

LMS) on the other hand, has recorded an increase in support, from 12.6% in the

2018 election to around 14-19% support in Jan. 

- As after the last election, the LMS is likely to have more options in seeking

coalition partners compared to the SDS. As after 2018, the Social Democrats, New

Slovenia-Christian Democrats, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, and

even far-left 'The Left' could offer support to LMS to keep SDS out of power.