Kristina Pešić of HRT has told the STA that a new centre-left government in Slovenia would meanwhile not result in any major changes in the Slovenia-Croatia relations, with the "stalemate we have been in practically since the very beginning" continuing.
"Prime Minister Miro Cerar has recently called on the new government to insist on a lawsuit against Croatia at the EU Court of Justice," she said, referring to Slovenia objecting Croatia's rejection of the border arbitration decision.
Pešić believes that the things could get "somewhat tougher" in the case that a right-wing government is formed.
She sees SDS head Janez Janša as a tough negotiator, who could demand more than Slovenia had gotten with the arbitration decision. "But he would certainly not get it."
The reporter believes that the election campaign in Slovenia had been strongly marked by a debate on the migration crisis, which she thinks was presented in an unrealistic light.
"I think that Slovenia is not even close to being in the danger Janša claims it to be in," Pešić said, assessing that Janša had taken a typical populist stance regarding this issue.
"This is not surprising if you know that his political role model is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has pursued a very resolute anti-migration policy."
According to Pešić, a step in the direction of such policy would be a step back, as Slovenia has always been considered by Brussels as a non-problematic country ready to cooperate.
Should it get closer to the Visegrad Group countries in its modus operandi, Slovenia could get the negative reputation of a problematic country.
