LJUBLJANA — Voters in Slovenia went to the polls on March 22, 2026, for a parliamentary election. The election opposed the governing Freedom Movement and the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS).

Recent opinion polls showed that the two largest parties were running neck and neck ahead of the election. Polling projections indicated that no single party was projected to win a majority of the 90 seats in Slovenia's parliament.

Prime Minister Robert Golob leads the Freedom Movement, while the SDS is led by Janez Jansa, a three-time former prime minister. "The outcome is completely uncertain, which is nothing unusual for Slovenia as the electorate has always been polarized," said Samo Uhan, a Slovenian sociologist.

Representatives of the private intelligence agency Black Cube visited Slovenia four times in the past several months, including at a street in Ljubljana where the SDS has its party headquarters. Jansa acknowledged having contacts with a Black Cube adviser and denied allegations of election interference.

Golob spoke to reporters at an EU summit in Brussels and called for an EU investigation into alleged foreign interference in Slovenia's election. "It is so important not to act now on behalf of Slovenia, but to act now to protect every other state that will come into election process in the next months," Golob said. "I am absolutely confident that Slovenian voters will be able to recognize that foreign interference is something that shall never be allowed."

"The biggest differences between the government and the opposition are reflected in their understanding of global developments," Uhan said. Jansa has expressed admiration for U.S. President Donald Trump and is a close ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Jansa served as prime minister from 2020 to 2022. He pledged to "take back" a captured state.

The government of Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state in 2024 and banned top Israeli officials from entering the country. Jansa criticized the government's recognition of a Palestinian state.