Slovenia's parliament confirms Sarec as PM designate

Slovenia's parliament approved Marjan Sarec, a comedian turned politician, as prime minister designates on Friday, setting him on track to form a minority government and end the country's longest political stalemate since an election.

Sarec, became the EU's member youngest prime minister ever, with support from 55 lawmakers in the 90-seat body, sidelining the anti-immigrant SDS of ex-Prime Minister Janez Jansa which had won most votes on June 3 inconclusive vote but was unable to cobble together a ruling majority.

The former actor and comedian, whose second term as mayor of Kamnik in northern Slovenia expired this year, has 15 days to pick his cabinet out of five-party center-left coalition led by his LMS party which will depend on the backing of the leftist Levica party.

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