New Delhi, June 6 -- Slovenia's parliament on Thursday gave approval for the new government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa, marking a turn to the right for the small European Union country.

Lawmakers backed the new government in a 49-30 vote in the 90-member assembly.

The vote came after parliamentary elections held in March that produced no clear winner. Former liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob's Freedom Movement won most votes, but he was unable to muster a parliamentary majority.

Jansa, 67, who was appointed as prime minister last month, and his populist Slovenian Democratic Party formed a coalition government with other right-leaning groups in Parliament. The new government also has the backing of a nonestablishment Truth party th...