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Growing disillusionment with the state of the Slovenian economy has left premier Borut Pahor facing a make-or-break vote in the National Assembly in Ljubljana this month, which will determine his immediate political future. In a high-stakes game of brinkmanship, Pahor, who has led a shaky coalition government since September 2008, has opted to tie the approval of five new ministerial appointees to a vote of confidence in parliament. Pahor is banking on the fact that if he survives the vote he will have the political clout to dictate the timing of the next election.
The next parliamentary vote is scheduled to take place in September 2012, but with Pahor and his political allies controlling only a meagre 33 of the 90 seats in the National Assembly there is the distinct possibility that there will be a vote before that date. If the latest opinion polls are to be believed Pahor and his Social Democrats party would almost certainly lose power in early elections. Just 10% of people polled recently supported the prime minister and his party.