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Prime Minister Pahor answered questions from deputies at the 26th regular session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, answered questions from deputies at the 26th regular session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia. The questions to the Prime Minister were posed by three opposition MPs:  Radovan Žerjav from the Slovenian People’s Party (SLS), Bogdan Barovič from the Slovene National Party (SNS) and Zvonko Černač from the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS). A question from the coalition group of Social Democrats (SD) was raised by Deputy Dušan Kumer.

   

The first question to the Prime Minister was raised by Radovan Žerjav with regard to savings in public administration. He wanted to know what the Government planned to do to reduce the number of employees in public administration, and how it would gain control over the use of funds by indirect budget users. Deputy Žerjav also asked in what way the ministries monitored rationality and cost-effectiveness of the spending of funds earmarked for indirect budget users.

   

The second question was raised by deputy Bogdan Barovič. With respect to Slovenia's joining the Stability Pact, he asked the Prime Minister about measures to be adopted by Slovenia  to promote competitiveness and employment, improve  the sustainability of public finances and strengthen financial stability, especially with respect to taxes;  he also wanted to know when these measures would be taken, in what form they would be implemented and what implications the above measures may have for the Slovenes, as well as the financial implications that the European stability mechanism would bring for Slovenia.

   

The third question concerning tax losses was raised by deputy Zvonko Černač. He was interested in the level of tax losses in the state budget from the so-called “missing traders”, and what steps the Government planed to take in this respect. The last question was raised by Deputy Dušan Kumer, who asked about the implications of the commitments, adopted at the recent session of the European Council on 24 and 25 March, for future policy of Slovenia, and, in this context, what implications would the referendum vote have on the already adopted laws, i.e the Mini Jobs Act and the Pension and Disability Insurance Act.