It will be unusual of course for Veber, who obviously doesn't agree with the current government politics, to remain a coalition MP. He will replace Franci Križanič, whose position – especially regarding the sale of state assets – is not different from Veber's. Thus, the fractions in parliament will remain unchanged. The SD Social Democrats, which surely are the biggest political victims of their minister's individual actions, will remain part of the government coalition. At first glance, everything will remain the way it was. The PM has to find two new ministers, however the continuous shuffles within the cabinet are nothing out of the ordinary.

The shock wave, as a result of this affair, can probably be expected much later, when the public forgets about the Veberkom scandal. But the relations between the coalition partners are already seriously shaken. This will show in the autumn at the latest, when tough negotiations on dividing the annual budget can be expected. From now on it will also be more difficult for the government to make decisions on any serious reforms. The SD Social Democrats will be unrelenting, not only when it comes to the sale of state assets, but also because of its disappointed party base, which will not easily forget the political slap it received. The conceptual differences between the SD Social Democrats and Miro Cerar's SMC party, which were already visible, could now become unbridgeable.

As the previous three short-lived governments could show us, such shaky coalitions don't usually last that long. Above all they are inefficient, paralyzed and at the same time strenuous for its citizens, who are already fed up with the constant political crises. The bizarre exit of minister Janko Veber was thus not only an irrelevant show of absurdity in the theater of Slovenian politics. Bills always need to be settled, even if it’s with a delay.

Tanja Starič, Radio Slovenija; translated by K. J.