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Prime ministers of Slovenia, Slovakia and Luxembourg meet to discuss euro, energy

The prime ministers of Slovakia, Luxembourg and Slovenia, respectively Robert Fico, Jean-Claude Juncker and Borut Pahor, met at a working meeting in Bratislava today to discuss the experience of the new euro area members. At the beginning of this year the Slovak Republic became the 16th member of the euro area, while Slovenia was the first of the new EU Member States to adopt the euro.

 

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Luxembourg Prime Minister Juncker, current president of the euro area, expressed optimism about the further role of the euro in the current conditions of global economic and financial uncertainty, while Slovenian Prime Minister Pahor stressed the problem of inflation in new members of the euro area after its adoption. In relation to the latter, the Slovak Prime Minister emphasised the special attention devoted to this sensitive issue by the Slovak government.

 

In their further discussions, the prime ministers addressed the gas supply crisis resulting from the gas row between Russia and Ukraine, and expressed their dissatisfaction over the continuation of the crisis. They also exchanged views on the possibilities of an early resolution of the problem, as well as on alternative energy sources.