Speaker Židan warns of perils of populism

Slovenska Bistrica, 5 January - Parliamentary Speaker Dejan Židan warned of the dangers of populism as he addressed a ceremony Saturday commemorating a major WWII battle.

Osankarica Speaker Dejan Židan addresses a ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
Speaker Dejan Židan addresses a ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Osankarica
A ceremony marking the anniversary of the last stand of the Pohorje Battalion in 1943.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

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