LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Financially troubled Slovenia has moved closer to holding its second snap election in two years, as the conservative People's Party (SLS) said it would quit the crumbling government but not join any new centre-left coalition.
SLS leader Radovan Zerjav told reporters late on Tuesday his party would leave Prime Minister Janez Jansa's bloc by early March over a corruption scandal that has prompted two other coalition partners to walk out and deprived the government of a parliamentary majority.
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