Slovenia's Parliament Cancels Referendum on NATO Membership

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Political drama, counting and coalitions that we are not used to. This has been brought about in the last two weeks by the referendum on increasing defense spending. But which has now been annulled by the deputies, which means that there will be no referendum on NATO membership either. "The majority in the National Assembly, led by Svoboda, has put an end to the opposition's political games with national security in a state-building manner," the…

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A referendum on defense spending will not be held in Slovenia after the parliament approved the repeal of the relevant decree on Friday. According to the Slovenian agency STA, this also means that a referendum on Slovenia's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not take place either. Robert Golob announced this in protest against the first plebiscite. Neither referendum was formulated as binding.

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After two weeks, MPs voted to withdraw the consultative referendum on defense spending. 44 MPs voted in favor and 7 against.

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Today, MPs will be presented with a proposal to cancel the consultative referendum on defense spending, which has greatly electrified the political atmosphere in recent weeks.

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The collegium of the Speaker of the National Assembly unanimously agreed on the course of Friday's extraordinary session of the National Assembly, at which they will decide on the proposal to repeal the National Assembly's decision to call a consultative referendum on increasing defense spending.