Slovenia's voters are heading to the polls in a highly contested parliamentary election that will decide whether the small European Union nation stays on its liberal course or sways toward surging right-wing populism. The vote on Sunday is being held in a heated political atmosphere after authorities opened an investigation into allegations of foreign interference in a series of leaked audio recordings and secretly filmed videos that surfaced during the campaign. Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement party faces a tight race against former Premier Janez Jansa’s Slovenian Democratic Party which aims for a comeback after it was ousted from power in 2022.
