enter the coalition talks and that they will protect the pension funds. United Left, which was positively surprised by their result, stated that they are willing to participate in a government, although they won't compromise on their political programme. Dejan Židan of the Social Democrats was disappointed with the results, saying he had expected SD to score higher. New Slovenia and ZaAB both perceived their results as a success. Franc Bogovič of the Slovenian People's Party was surprised by the fact that the party missed the required 4% of the vote, albeit only barely, and stated that he will not run for the party president at the congress. International media noted that the winner of the election is a political newcomer and that his success is "punishment by voters for the traditional parties, tarnished by corruption scandals and years of economic turmoil". Cerar was seen as a politician untarnished by the corruption scandals. Media also noted that Cerar opposes selling controlling stakes of strategic infrastructure, such as telecoms provider Telekom Slovenia and the international airport, Aerodrom Ljubljana, and stressed that one of his main tasks will be to reduce the national budget deficit. Croatian media drew parallels between Cerar and Drnovšek, hoping that Cerar will return political culture, tolerance, and mutual respect into Slovenian politics. Jutarnji List saw the main reason for the defeat of SDS in the fact that the party has relied too much on the imprisoned party president. The Wall Street Journal stated that the most likely coalition partners would be the Social Democrats and DeSUS while Slovenian journal Finance suggested that the best coalition would be with the Social Democrats, New Slovenia, and ZaAB. A coalition government of SMC, DeSUS and the Social Democrats was formed in September. References Parliamentary elections in Slovenia Parliamentary election Slovenia Slovenian parliamentary election