The head of the SMC Party, Miro Cerar, who will most likely be awarded the mandate to form the new government, says he intends to send an invitation for cooperation to all the other parties, except the SDS Democrats. He said the SDS is "directly tearing down the institutions of our legal state" and therefore see no possibility of cooperation.
In the coming days Cerar will begin informal talks on creating a new government. He stresses that he still can’t see a constitutional majority. On Wednesday he is to meet President Borut Pahor for a "curteous" talk. He has announced the forming of a new government for September: "We're still far from a coalition, so… let's wait."
Cerar also downplayed any chance of other parties getting the Finance Ministry. Cerar was clear that his party would be at the helm of the country's finances: "The Finance Ministry is definitely one of the founding pillars of the state, which will be very important in the next mandate."
DeSUS: A ministry, pensions and benefits
While other parties kept silent on Sunday evening regarding their possible coalition demands, the head of the Pensioner's Party Karl Erjavec was clear: they want one of the key ministries. And of course pensions: "Whether DeSUS joins the coalition will depend on what's written in the coalition agreement, and whether it protects pensioners." Erjavec would also like an agreement that would see all pensioners receive benefits and the harmonization of pensions in the case of a 2 percent economic rise. "We will never agree to reducing pensions, while throwing away billions of euros into banks," stressed Erjavec.
Luka Mesec from the United Left, which doesn't really see itself in the government, isn't revealing what their coalition demands would be: "We are open to talks with potential coalition partners, to see whether we could come to any kind of understanding." However Mesec emphasizes that they do not plan on backing down from their program.
Apart from joining the coalition there seems there is nothing else left to do for the SD Social Democrats. That's why SD president Dejan Židan's stance regarding privatisations has already softened: "We can't accept the nationalisation of homes for the elderly and health centers, or foolish privatisation proceedings, in which people lose jobs."
NSi and ZaAB: What's important is the program
The New Slovenia NSi Party and the newly formed Alliance of Alenka Bratušek, speak in almost one voice, when they say they will only participate in a new coalition on the basis of a program. "If we can fulfill the essential points of our program with other partners, than it would make sense to enter a coalition. Otherwise it would be senseless," said the president of NSi Ljudmila Novak. Alenka Bratušek said: "Only a program can unite us."