NEWS
The Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek: "All measures will be presented to the public at the same time, which will be 9 May at the latest."
"It has been three weeks since the new government assumed office. In such a short period, it is impossible to correct all the errors committed in the past," said the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia in her introduction to the press conference, adding that the new cabinet could not reject what had already been done and start from scratch, as there is simply not enough time. Therefore, the Government will continue to pursue the many measures initiated by the previous government. The PM sees the recent visit to Brussels as successful, as all her discussions were thorough and constructive. In particular, she mentioned the meeting with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, whom she reassured that the Slovenian Government was continuing with reform and focusing on adopting the national reform programme and stability programme. All this cannot be done in a few hours; however, it will be prepared and presented to the public very soon, or by 9 May at the latest, and then also forwarded to Brussels.
The Prime Minister went on to present in greater detail the key findings of the past few days. With regard to banking reform, the PM stressed that the bad bank act had been passed without an assessment of the financial consequences, and that the operational plan had been poorly prepared. The documents did not include a forecast of the extent of liabilities, data on the type of liabilities or data on guarantee schemes and types of additional capital injection. "Fiscal consolidation should not impede or even lower economic growth," said the PM.