He has peppered his campaign with calls to “drain the swamp”, ranted against political foes on Twitter, and driven home his anti-immigration message with populist bombast. It is Janez Janša, the former Slovenian prime minister, whose rightwing Slovenian Democratic party (SDS) is leading in the polls ahead of Sunday’s general election. “I am very concerned about the rhetoric coming from the SDS campaign,” said Danilo Türk, a left-leaning independent president of Slovenia between 2007 and 2012. During the campaign, Janša – regarded by some Slovenians as a hero for his role in the country’s independence – has called for “draining the bureaucratic swamp” and has used social media to attack the “degenerate left”. “Janša’s shift from conservativism to right-wing populism mirrors the campaign of current US president, Donald Trump.

Source: The Guardian June 01, 2018 04:52 UTC