Slovenian elections: narrow lead for PM Golob

Primorske novice laments that so much attention was given to the rivalry between the two leading candidates:

“Instead of comparing election manifestos, there were personal attacks and old animosities. Instead of arguments, there were accusations; instead of the future, the past. The Slovenian political arena is moving closer to the US model of permanent conflict between Republicans and Democrats in which politics becomes less and less about advancing the common good and more and more a stage for identity struggles. … [In view of the huge challenges], steering the new government will be as tricky as navigating the Strait of Hormuz. So the country simply cannot afford to have its course determined by an old feud between two politicians.”