PERSPECTIVE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS THE CORONA PANDEMIC AND THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SLOVENIA Political developments from July to October 2020 Igor Lukšič November 2020 The government of Janez Janša initially enjoyed a high rate of support, but this began to soon fade. In June, it pompously declared the end of the COVID-19 epidemic and celebrated this with a fly over by the Slovene Air Force. Its popularity sank to its lowest point ever. The government did not prepare well for the second wave of the pandemic, as the number of positive tests had grown and the government had failed to curb the epidemic with its measures. As a result, on October 18th it declared an epidemic again with emergency measures and a partial lock-down. In November this evolved into a full lock-down including suspended classes and public transport.