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Parliament voted to oust conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa, after smaller parties left his coalition.
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Mr Jansa was elected a year ago, but his government has struggled to contain the country's economic problems.
BBC: Slovenia parliament ousts PM Janez Jansa
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The second thing that struck Mr Jansa was Estonia's economic openness.
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Mr Jansa has notably failed to push through a promised flat tax, privatisation and other reforms the people, he says, just don't want that kind of thing.
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The centre-right government of Janez Jansa was replaced in March by a new coalition led by Alenka Bratusek of Positive Slovenia - the country's first female prime minister.
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Mr Jansa's third big idea is reform of public administration.
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Mr Jansa, a political veteran, came to power in February.
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Some reform-minded Slovenes doubt Mr Jansa's commitment to change.
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Other members of the centre-right ruling coalition echoed Mr Jansa's position, while some opposition politicians went even further, suggesting that Slovenia should wait to see the reaction to the first wave of recognitions, and only then decide how to act.
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Politicians of all stripes initially appeared to have taken the message on board: the prime minister, Janez Jansa, said on February 17th that it was too early to say when Slovenia would recognise Kosovo, and stressed the importance of "guaranteeing stability in the region and maximum EU unity".
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Other politicians whom protesters in Maribor and elsewhere want to see out of office are Janez Jansa, on trial for corruption in an arms scandal while he was prime minister from 2004 to 2008, and the mayor of the capital Ljubljana, Zoran Jankovic, who is also the main opposition leader.
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