Slovenia to Call Consultative Referendum on NATO Membership
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Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has announced that his government will hold a consultative referendum on whether the country should remain in NATO. This comes after the parliament, despite his opposition, approved another consultative plebiscite in which Slovenians would vote on whether they agree to an increase in military spending. Golob responded by saying that the country should vote on whether it wants to be in NATO at all. Consultati…
President Nataša Pirc Musar said on Saturday that she wanted Slovenia not to embarrass itself in the international community. How did NATO react to the announcement of the referendums?
Slovenia Calls Consultative Referendum on NATO Future
Robert Golob, the liberal Slovenian prime minister, announced on Friday that he would call a consultative referendum on the country’s NATO membership after a surprise defeat in parliament on a defence spending bill. Golob’s gambit comes as part of a damage control effort in response to a successful initiative by the Left Party, the smaller partner in his centre-left coalition, to call for a consultative referendum on increasing defence spending.…


Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar today called politicians to account for their announcements of an advisory referendum on the issue of increasing defense spending and Slovenia's withdrawal from NATO.
Less than an hour after losing a parliamentary vote on a consultative referendum on defense spending today, Slovenia's ruling Movement for Freedom party decided to request its own consultative referendum on NATO membership.
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