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| secretary_general = Janja Zorman Macura
| secretary_general = Janja Zorman Macura
| foundation = 31 May 2014<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/ustanovljena-stranka-lista-marjana-sarca-naprej-kamnik.html|title=Ustanovljena stranka Lista Marjana Šarca – naprej Kamnik|work=www.delo.si|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
| foundation = 31 May 2014<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/ustanovljena-stranka-lista-marjana-sarca-naprej-kamnik.html|title=Ustanovljena stranka Lista Marjana Šarca – naprej Kamnik|work=www.delo.si|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
| headquarters = Bistriška cesta 10A<br />1241 Kamnik
| dissolved = 27 June 2022
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| ideology = [[Social liberalism]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|title=Slovenia|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/slovenia.html|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref><br />[[Populism]]<ref name="Lansford2019">{{cite book|editor=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018–2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCFoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6438|year=2019|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-5443-2711-2|page=6438}}</ref><br />[[Pro-Europeanism]]
| ideology = [[Social liberalism]]<ref>{{cite web|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|title=Slovenia|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|year=2018|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/slovenia.html|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref><br />[[Populism]]<ref name="Lansford2019">{{cite book|editor=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018–2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCFoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6438|year=2019|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-5443-2711-2|page=6438}}</ref><br />
| position = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hukan |first1=Yaman Omar |title=Elections in Slovenia: Another Orbán? |url=https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/elections-in-slovenia-another-orban |website=The New Federalist |publisher=[[Young European Federalists]] |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Filipovic |first1=Gordana |last2=Kuzmanovic |first2=Jasmina |title=Slovenia Gets New Prime Minister in Snub to Anti-Refugee Forces |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/slovene-centrists-to-block-populist-with-pick-for-prime-minister |website=Bloomberg |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=16 August 2018}}</ref> to [[centre-left]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/world/europe/slovenia-prime-minister-miro-cerar-resigns.html|title=Slovenian Leader Quits After Court Blocks Key Rail Project|last=Surk|first=Barbara|date=2018-03-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-hopeful-aims-to-slash-red-tape-reform-courts-idUSKCN1GI2NT|title=Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts|date= 2018-03-06|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite news|url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/nove-stranke-bi-odstranile-zico-na-meji-bi-prodale-krko-461999|title=Nove stranke: bi odstranile žico na meji, bi prodale Krko ...?|access-date=2018-03-16|language=sl}}</ref>}}
| position = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hukan |first1=Yaman Omar |title=Elections in Slovenia: Another Orbán? |url=https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/elections-in-slovenia-another-orban |website=The New Federalist |publisher=[[Young European Federalists]] |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Filipovic |first1=Gordana |last2=Kuzmanovic |first2=Jasmina |title=Slovenia Gets New Prime Minister in Snub to Anti-Refugee Forces |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-17/slovene-centrists-to-block-populist-with-pick-for-prime-minister |website=Bloomberg |access-date=23 August 2018 |date=16 August 2018}}</ref> to [[centre-left]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/world/europe/slovenia-prime-minister-miro-cerar-resigns.html|title=Slovenian Leader Quits After Court Blocks Key Rail Project|last=Surk|first=Barbara|date=2018-03-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-hopeful-aims-to-slash-red-tape-reform-courts-idUSKCN1GI2NT|title=Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts|date= 2018-03-06|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite news|url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/nove-stranke-bi-odstranile-zico-na-meji-bi-prodale-krko-461999|title=Nove stranke: bi odstranile žico na meji, bi prodale Krko ...?|access-date=2018-03-16|language=sl}}</ref>}}
| membership_year = 2018
| membership_year = 2018
| merged = [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]]
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| membership = cca. 300<ref name="auto2"/>
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| national = LMŠ–[[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|SD]]–[[The Left (Slovenia)|Levica]]–[[Party of Alenka Bratušek|SAB]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/09/slovenian-opposition-mulls-forming-rival-government-to-jansa/|title = Slovenian Opposition Mulls Forming Rival 'Government' to Jansa|date = 9 October 2020}}</ref>
| european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]]
| european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| europarl = [[Renew Europe]]
| europarl = [[Renew Europe]] (2019–2022)
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The '''List of Marjan Šarec'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-cerar-resigns-idUSKCN1GQ358|title=Slovenian PM Cerar resigns as pressure mounts ahead of election|date=2018-03-14|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> ([[Slovene language|Slovene]]: ''Lista Marjana Šarca'', LMŠ) was a [[List of political parties in Slovenia|political party in Slovenia]] led by former [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Marjan Šarec]]. It merged into [[Freedom_Movement_(Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]] in the aftermath of the [[2022_Slovenian_parliamentary_election|2022 elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.strankalms.si/clanice-in-clani-stranke-lms-sprejeli-sklep-za-pripojitev-stranke-h-gibanju-svoboda/|title=Članice in člani stranke LMŠ sprejeli sklep za pripojitev stranke h Gibanju Svoboda |date=8 June 2022 }}</ref>
The '''List of Marjan Šarec'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-cerar-resigns-idUSKCN1GQ358|title=Slovenian PM Cerar resigns as pressure mounts ahead of election|date=2018-03-14|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> ([[Slovene language|Slovene]]: ''Lista Marjana Šarca'', LMŠ) was a [[List of political parties in Slovenia|political party in Slovenia]] led by former [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Marjan Šarec]]. The LMŠ was the lead party in the [[13th Government of Slovenia|Šarec government]] from September 2018 to March 2020. The party merged into the [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]] in the aftermath of the [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election|2022 elections]], in which it lost all of its parliamentary representation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.strankalms.si/clanice-in-clani-stranke-lms-sprejeli-sklep-za-pripojitev-stranke-h-gibanju-svoboda/ |title=Članice in člani stranke LMŠ sprejeli sklep za pripojitev stranke h Gibanju Svoboda |date=8 June 2022 |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610095111/https://www.strankalms.si/clanice-in-clani-stranke-lms-sprejeli-sklep-za-pripojitev-stranke-h-gibanju-svoboda/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Šarec contested the [[2017 Slovenian presidential election|2017 presidential election]], advancing to the runoff but narrowly losing to incumbent [[President of Slovenia|President]] [[Borut Pahor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election/slovenias-pahor-on-course-for-re-election-as-president-idUSKBN1DC0YX|title=Slovenia's President Pahor wins second term in close race|date= 2017-11-12|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> After announcing his much speculated entry into parliamentary politics,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-poll/anti-elite-slovene-presidential-candidate-seen-running-for-parliament-after-narrow-loss-idUSKBN1DD1KW|title=Anti-elite Slovene presidential candidate seen running for...|date=2017-11-13|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> LMŠ swiftly topped [[Opinion polling for the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|public opinion polls]], emerging as the foremost party leading into the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-poll/party-without-parliamentary-seats-leads-in-slovenia-opinion-poll-idUSKBN1E510V|title=Party without parliamentary seats leads in Slovenia opinion poll|date=2017-12-11|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
Šarec contested the [[2017 Slovenian presidential election|2017 presidential election]], advancing to the runoff but narrowly losing to incumbent [[President of Slovenia|President]] [[Borut Pahor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election/slovenias-pahor-on-course-for-re-election-as-president-idUSKBN1DC0YX|title=Slovenia's President Pahor wins second term in close race|date= 2017-11-12|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> After announcing his much speculated entry into parliamentary politics,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-poll/anti-elite-slovene-presidential-candidate-seen-running-for-parliament-after-narrow-loss-idUSKBN1DD1KW|title=Anti-elite Slovene presidential candidate seen running for...|date=2017-11-13|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> LMŠ swiftly topped [[Opinion polling for the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|public opinion polls]], emerging as the foremost party leading into the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-poll/party-without-parliamentary-seats-leads-in-slovenia-opinion-poll-idUSKBN1E510V|title=Party without parliamentary seats leads in Slovenia opinion poll|date=2017-12-11|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>


In an interview with the weekly political magazine [[Mladina]], Šarec argued against comparisons of LMŠ with Mayor [[Zoran Janković (politician)|Zoran Janković]]'s [[Positive Slovenia]] and incumbent PM [[Miro Cerar]]'s [[Modern Centre Party]] (SMC) which both emerged as preeminent political forces after being established just months prior to parliamentary elections. He has spoken out in favour of judicial,<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-hopeful-aims-to-slash-red-tape-reform-courts-idUSKCN1GI2NT|title=Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts|date= 2018-03-06|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> regulatory,<ref name="auto2"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/sarec-aiming-to-enter-parliament-with-his-party-in-2018|title=Šarec aiming to enter parliament with his party in 2018|website=www.sloveniatimes.com|date=15 December 2017|language=sl|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> procedural, and electoral reforms (including the introduction of [[Open list|preferential voting]],<ref name=":1" /> and raising the parliamentary threshold to achieve more stable governments<ref name="auto2"/>), rectifying the inefficient healthcare system, and doing more to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]] (including an expansion of the [[Krško Nuclear Power Plant]]).<ref name=":1" /> He has also expressed opposition to privatising infrastructural and strategic firms (and the complete privatisation of the banking sector), argued in favour of running a balanced budget and reducing the public debt (if this was allowed for by future economic growth), and reform of the pension system, including by promoting private pension schemes.<ref name="auto2"/> He has stated the party will be willing to politically cooperate with anyone, except for "people who are involved in any suspicious deals".<ref name=":1" /> The party has expressed support for the complete legalisation of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref name="auto3"/>
In an interview with the weekly political magazine [[Mladina]], Šarec argued against comparisons of LMŠ with Mayor [[Zoran Janković (politician)|Zoran Janković]]'s [[Positive Slovenia]] and incumbent PM [[Miro Cerar]]'s [[Modern Centre Party]] (SMC) which both emerged as preeminent political forces after being established just months prior to parliamentary elections. He has spoken out in favour of judicial,<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-politics/slovenian-pm-hopeful-aims-to-slash-red-tape-reform-courts-idUSKCN1GI2NT|title=Slovenian PM hopeful aims to slash red tape, reform courts|date= 2018-03-06|work=Reuters|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> regulatory,<ref name="auto2"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/sarec-aiming-to-enter-parliament-with-his-party-in-2018|title=Šarec aiming to enter parliament with his party in 2018|website=www.sloveniatimes.com|date=15 December 2017|language=sl|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-date=2018-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102039/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/sarec-aiming-to-enter-parliament-with-his-party-in-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> procedural, and electoral reforms (including the introduction of [[Open list|preferential voting]],<ref name=":1" /> and raising the parliamentary threshold to achieve more stable governments<ref name="auto2"/>), rectifying the inefficient healthcare system, and doing more to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]] (including an expansion of the [[Krško Nuclear Power Plant]]).<ref name=":1" /> He has also expressed opposition to privatising infrastructural and strategic firms (and the complete privatisation of the banking sector), argued in favour of running a balanced budget and reducing the public debt (if this was allowed for by future economic growth), and reform of the pension system, including by promoting private pension schemes.<ref name="auto2"/> He has stated the party will be willing to politically cooperate with anyone, except for "people who are involved in any suspicious deals".<ref name=":1" /> The party has expressed support for the complete legalisation of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]].<ref name="auto3"/>


On his electoral website, Šarec listed advocacy for public education and healthcare, environmental responsibility, intergenerational cooperation, transparency and meritocracy, and research and development as some of the integral components of his political vision. He also declared his unwavering support for abortion rights, called for tolerance of homosexuality, and linked true socialism with the social [[Teachings of Jesus|teachings of Jesus Christ]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarec.si/nas-nacrt|title=Naš načrt|website=Marjan Šarec|language=sl-SI|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152415/https://www.sarec.si/nas-nacrt|archive-date=2018-03-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On his electoral website, Šarec listed advocacy for public education and healthcare, environmental responsibility, intergenerational cooperation, transparency and meritocracy, and research and development as some of the integral components of his political vision. He also declared his unwavering support for abortion rights, called for tolerance of homosexuality, and linked true socialism with the social [[Teachings of Jesus|teachings of Jesus Christ]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarec.si/nas-nacrt|title=Naš načrt|website=Marjan Šarec|language=sl-SI|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316152415/https://www.sarec.si/nas-nacrt|archive-date=2018-03-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The party received 12.6% of the vote in the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary election]] held on 3 June 2018, winning 13 seats in parliament.<ref>http://volitve.gov.si/dz2018/#/rezultati</ref> The party became the largest component of the [[13th Government of Slovenia|Šarec government]] formed on 13 September 2018, in coalition with the SMC, [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]], [[Party of Alenka Bratušek]] and [[Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia]].
The party received 12.6% of the vote in the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary election]] held on 3 June 2018, winning 13 seats in parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://volitve.gov.si/dz2018/#/rezultati | title=Državna volilna komisija }}</ref> The party became the largest component of the [[13th Government of Slovenia|Šarec government]] formed on 13 September 2018, in coalition with the SMC, [[Social Democrats (Slovenia)|Social Democrats]], [[Party of Alenka Bratušek]] and [[Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/10/09/slovenian-opposition-mulls-forming-rival-government-to-jansa/|title = Slovenian Opposition Mulls Forming Rival 'Government' to Jansa|date = 9 October 2020}}</ref>


The LMS joined the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]] on 9 November 2018.<ref>https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties-0{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The LMS joined the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party]] on 9 November 2018.<ref>https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-welcomes-new-member-parties-0 {{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia|2019 European election]] held on 26 May 2019, the LMS came in third place nationally, receiving 15.6% of the vote and electing two [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]s to the [[Renew Europe]] [[Political groups of the European Parliament|European Parlament group]].
In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia|2019 European election]] held on 26 May 2019, the LMS came in third place nationally, receiving 15.6% of the vote and electing two [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]s to the [[Renew Europe]] [[Political groups of the European Parliament|European Parliament group]]. In the [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election|2022 election]] the party won just 3.72% of the vote and did not elect any MPs to the National Assembly. It subsequently dissolved and joined the [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia)|Freedom Movement]], the social-liberal party of Prime Minister [[Robert Golob]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Uradno: strank LMŠ in SAB ne bo več, le še Svoboda |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/uradno-strank-lms-in-sab-ne-bo-vec-le-se-svoboda-582631 |website=siol.net |language=Slovenian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=V LMŠ-ju podprli združitev s stranko Gibanje Svoboda |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/v-lms-ju-podprli-zdruzitev-s-stranko-gibanje-svoboda/630287 |website=RTVSLO |language=Slovenian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-27 |title=Gibanje Svoboda podprlo pripojitev LMŠ-ja in SAB-a, o kandidaturi Marte Kos še organi stranke |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/gibanje-svoboda-podprlo-pripojitev-lms-ja-in-sab-a-o-kandidaturi-marte-kos-se-organi-stranke/632346 |website=RTVSLO |language=Slovenian}}</ref>

It has been described as a [[Valence populism|valence populist]] party.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zulianello |first1=Mattia |last2=Larsen |first2=Erik Gahner |date=June 2021 |title=Populist parties in European Parliament elections: A new dataset on left, right and valence populism from 1979 to 2019 |journal=[[Electoral Studies]] |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=10–12 |doi=10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102312 |issn=0261-3794}}</ref>


==Electoral results==
==Electoral results==
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! [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election|2022]]
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List of Marjan Šarec
Lista Marjana Šarca
PresidentMarjan Šarec[1]
Secretary-GeneralJanja Zorman Macura
Founded31 May 2014[2]
Dissolved27 June 2022
Merged intoFreedom Movement
Membership (2018)cca. 300[3]
IdeologySocial liberalism[4]
Populism[5]
Political positionCentre[6][7] to centre-left[8][3][9]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament groupRenew Europe (2019–2022)
Website
www.sarec.si/

The List of Marjan Šarec[10] (Slovene: Lista Marjana Šarca, LMŠ) was a political party in Slovenia led by former Prime Minister Marjan Šarec. The LMŠ was the lead party in the Šarec government from September 2018 to March 2020. The party merged into the Freedom Movement in the aftermath of the 2022 elections, in which it lost all of its parliamentary representation.[11]

History

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Marjan Šarec, a former journalist, actor, and comedian,[12][13] founded the party (initially as List of Marjan Šarec – Onward Kamnik) during his first mayoral term to contest the 2014 Slovenian Local Elections[2] providing candidates for the municipal council of Kamnik. For most of Šarec's second term as mayor of Kamnik, the party was active only at the local level.[12]

Šarec contested the 2017 presidential election, advancing to the runoff but narrowly losing to incumbent President Borut Pahor.[14] After announcing his much speculated entry into parliamentary politics,[15] LMŠ swiftly topped public opinion polls, emerging as the foremost party leading into the 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election.[16][1]

In an interview with the weekly political magazine Mladina, Šarec argued against comparisons of LMŠ with Mayor Zoran Janković's Positive Slovenia and incumbent PM Miro Cerar's Modern Centre Party (SMC) which both emerged as preeminent political forces after being established just months prior to parliamentary elections. He has spoken out in favour of judicial,[3] regulatory,[3][17] procedural, and electoral reforms (including the introduction of preferential voting,[17] and raising the parliamentary threshold to achieve more stable governments[3]), rectifying the inefficient healthcare system, and doing more to address climate change (including an expansion of the Krško Nuclear Power Plant).[17] He has also expressed opposition to privatising infrastructural and strategic firms (and the complete privatisation of the banking sector), argued in favour of running a balanced budget and reducing the public debt (if this was allowed for by future economic growth), and reform of the pension system, including by promoting private pension schemes.[3] He has stated the party will be willing to politically cooperate with anyone, except for "people who are involved in any suspicious deals".[17] The party has expressed support for the complete legalisation of cannabis.[9]

On his electoral website, Šarec listed advocacy for public education and healthcare, environmental responsibility, intergenerational cooperation, transparency and meritocracy, and research and development as some of the integral components of his political vision. He also declared his unwavering support for abortion rights, called for tolerance of homosexuality, and linked true socialism with the social teachings of Jesus Christ.[18]

The party received 12.6% of the vote in the 2018 parliamentary election held on 3 June 2018, winning 13 seats in parliament.[19] The party became the largest component of the Šarec government formed on 13 September 2018, in coalition with the SMC, Social Democrats, Party of Alenka Bratušek and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.[20]

The LMS joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party on 9 November 2018.[21]

In the 2019 European election held on 26 May 2019, the LMS came in third place nationally, receiving 15.6% of the vote and electing two MEPs to the Renew Europe European Parliament group. In the 2022 election the party won just 3.72% of the vote and did not elect any MPs to the National Assembly. It subsequently dissolved and joined the Freedom Movement, the social-liberal party of Prime Minister Robert Golob.[22][23][24]

It has been described as a valence populist party.[25]

Electoral results

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National Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2018 Marjan Šarec 112,250 12.60 (#2)
13 / 90
Increase 13 Government 2018–20
Opposition 2020–22
2022 44,401 3.72 (#6)
0 / 90
Decrease 13 Extra-parliamentary
Government

European Parliament

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/–
2019 Irena Joveva 73,480 15.6 (#3)
2 / 8
Increase 2

Presidential

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Election Candidate 1st round 2nd round Result
Votes % Votes %
2017 Marjan Šarec 186,235 24.76 334,239 46.91 Lost

References

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  5. ^ Tom Lansford, ed. (2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018–2019. SAGE Publications. p. 6438. ISBN 978-1-5443-2711-2.
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  19. ^ "Državna volilna komisija".
  20. ^ "Slovenian Opposition Mulls Forming Rival 'Government' to Jansa". 9 October 2020.
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  22. ^ "Uradno: strank LMŠ in SAB ne bo več, le še Svoboda". siol.net (in Slovenian). 2022-06-27.
  23. ^ "V LMŠ-ju podprli združitev s stranko Gibanje Svoboda". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 2022-06-08.
  24. ^ "Gibanje Svoboda podprlo pripojitev LMŠ-ja in SAB-a, o kandidaturi Marte Kos še organi stranke". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 2022-06-27.
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