Political novice wins power in Slovenia, hints at revisiting economic reform plan


  • World
  • Monday, 14 Jul 2014

Miro Cerar, leader of the SMC party, speaks during an interview in Ljubljana in this July 2, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Centre-left political novice Miro Cerar led his party to victory in Slovenia's election on Sunday, indicating he would rewrite a reform package agreed with the European Union to fix the euro zone member's depleted finances.

The result will test investor nerves, given Cerar's hostility to some of the big-ticket privatisations that the EU says are key to a long-term fix for Slovenia, which narrowly avoided having to seek an international bailout for its banks last year.

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