Slovenia supports arbitration agreement with Croatia at referendum.

By bne IntelliNews June 7, 2010
Slovenia held a referendum on the arbitration agreement on the border issue between Croatia and Slovenia on June 6 and the preliminary results showed that voters supported the deal. From the counted 99% votes, 51.48% were in favor of the agreement, while 48.52% were against it. About 1.7mn eligible voters had the opportunity to confirm or reject the deal already ratified by the parliaments of the two countries. The turnout was over 42.28%. The results of the referendum are crucial for the ratification of the agreement by the Slovene parliament. If the voters reject the agreement, then the government and parliament will not be able to raise the topic in the next year. The final official results will be known on June 8. We note that Slovene PM Borut Pahor asked Slovenians to support the arbitration agreement between Croatia and Slovenia. He stressed that the deal improved the relations between the countries, protected the interest of Slovenia and had positive effects on the stabilisation of the region. At end-April Slovenia's main opposition party SDS called for rejection of the arbitration agreement. The law on the arbitration agreement with Croatia was passed by parliament at its session on April 19, 2010. The latest opinion poll, carried out by Slovene daily Delo, showed that most of Slovenians support the arbitration agreement.

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