List of Marjan Šarec

List of Marjan Šarec
Lista Marjana Šarca
President Marjan Šarec[1]
General Secretary Brane Kralj[1]
Founded 31 May 2014[2]
Headquarters Bistriška cesta 10A
1241 Kamnik
Membership (2018) cca. 300[3]
Ideology Social liberalism
Populism
Christian left
Big tent
Political position Centre[4][5] to centre-left[6][3][7]
National affiliation Centre-left coalition
European Parliament group No MEPs
National Assembly
13 / 90
Website
www.sarec.si/

The List of Marjan Šarec[8] (Slovene: Lista Marjana Šarca, LMŠ) is a political party in Slovenia led by Prime Minister Marjan Šarec.

History

Marjan Šarec, a former journalist, actor, and comedian,[9][10] founded the party (initially as List of Marjan Šarec – Onward Kamnik) during his first mayoral term to contest the 2014 Slovenian Local Elections,[2] providing candidates for the municipal council of Kamnik. For most of Šarec's second term as mayor of Kamnik, the party was active only at the local level.[9]

Šarec contested the 2017 presidential election, advancing to the runoff but narrowly losing to incumbent President Borut Pahor.[11] After announcing his much speculated entry into parliamentary politics,[12] LMŠ swiftly topped public opinion polls, emerging as the foremost party leading into the Slovenian parliamentary election, 2018.[13][1]

In an interview with the weekly political magazine Mladina, Šarec argued against comparisons of LMŠ with former PM Zoran Janković's Positive Slovenia and incumbent PM Miro Cerar's Modern Centre Party which both emerged as preeminent political forces after being established just months prior to parliamentary elections. He has spoken out in favour of judicial,[14] regulatory,[14][15] procedural, and electoral reforms (including the introduction of preferential voting,[15] and raising the parliamentary threshold to achieve more stable governments[14]), rectifying the inefficient healthcare system, and doing more to address climate change (including an expansion of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant).[15] He has also expressed opposition to privatising infrastructural and strategic firms (and the complete privatisation of the banking sector), argued in favour of running a balanced budget and reducing the public debt (if this was allowed for by future economic growth), and reform of the pension system, including by promoting private pension schemes.[14] He has stated the party will be willing to politically cooperate with anyone, except for "people who are involved in any suspicious deals".[15] The party has expressed support for the complete legalisation of cannabis.[7]

On his electoral website, Šarec listed advocacy for public education and healthcare, environmental responsibility, intergenerational cooperation, transparency and meritocracy, and research and development as some of the integral components of his political vision. He also declared his unwavering support for abortion rights, called for tolerance of homosexuality, and linked true socialism with the social teachings of Jesus Christ.[16]

The party received 12.6% of the vote in the 2018 parliamentary election held on 3 June 2018, winning 13 seats in parliament.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kdo so ključni svetovalci Marjana Šarca #video" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. 1 2 "Ustanovljena stranka Lista Marjana Šarca - naprej Kamnik". www.delo.si. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. 1 2 "Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts". Reuters. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ↑ Hukan, Yaman Omar (30 May 2018). "Elections in Slovenia: Another Orbán?". The New Federalist. Young European Federalists. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Filipovic, Gordana; Kuzmanovic, Jasmina (16 August 2018). "Slovenia Gets New Prime Minister in Snub to Anti-Refugee Forces". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Surk, Barbara (2018-03-15). "Slovenian Leader Quits After Court Blocks Key Rail Project". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  7. 1 2 "Nove stranke: bi odstranile žico na meji, bi prodale Krko ...?" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Slovenian PM Cerar resigns as pressure mounts ahead of election". Reuters. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  9. 1 2 "Anti-elite Slovene presidential candidate seen running for..." Reuters. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Portret tedna: Marjan Šarec". www.delo.si. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  11. ↑ "Slovenia's President Pahor wins second term in close race". Reuters. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  12. ↑ "Anti-elite Slovene presidential candidate seen running for..." Reuters. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  13. ↑ "Party without parliamentary seats leads in Slovenia opinion poll". Reuters. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts". Reuters. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Šarec aiming to enter parliament with his party in 2018". www.sloveniatimes.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  16. ↑ "Naš načrt". Marjan Šarec (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  17. ↑ http://volitve.gov.si/dz2018/#/rezultati
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