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Prime Minister on a two-day economic visit to Germany
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Alenka Bratušek, on 27 and 28 November paid a visit to Germany. On the first day, she attended the opening of a new production hall of Kolektor Magnet Technology GmbH in Essen, which is one of the companies of the Slovenian Kolektor Group d.o.o., and met with the representatives of Slovenian clubs operating in North Rhine-Westphalia. On the second day of the visit, Ms Bratušek first met with honorary consuls of the Republic of Slovenia, then she attended the Investment Conference and held working talks with the representatives of the economy and interested investors.
In her address at the ceremony marking the opening of the new production hall, Prime Minister Bratušek highlighted the importance of the economic partnership between Slovenia and Germany, and pointed out the positive values and principles that form the foundation of Kolektor Group's operation. She said she was pleased and proud, as Kolektor is a good example of Slovenian investor in Germany, and added: "Today we are witnessing a concrete proof of the saying that crisis also brings opportunities."
On the second day of the visit, Prime Minister Bratušek and the Minister of Finance, Uroš Čufer, attended the Investment Conference in Düsseldorf, at which investment opportunities in Slovenia were presented. The conference was attended by representatives of 80 German companies, including RWE, E.ON, Deutsche bank and Messer. In her address, Ms Bratušek highlighted three fundamental messages, namely that Slovenia is slowly but surely moving out of the economic crisis towards a stable and sustainable economic growth, that privatisation is one of the cornerstones of the recovery of Slovenian economy and that economic cooperation between Slovenia and Germany should be even stronger. She pointed out that, in addition to privatisation, there are several other opportunities for investment in Slovenia, for example in tourism, car industry, information and communication technology and wood-processing industry. There are also opportunities for investing in new companies and for many other forms of investment. "We have to exploit the complementarity of our two economies. The government is ready to help by removing red tape and actively supporting the process," concluded Ms Bratušek.