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Prime Minister Pahor aims at speeding up informal talks with trade unions and employers

On 9 August 2001, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, entrusted Miloš Pavlica, State Secretary responsible for social dialogue, with the task of expediting the informal talks with trade unions and employers in the second half of August; the talks are to focus on an amended pension reform proposal, compromise solutions for the employment relationship act and the basis for the health-care system upgrade. Upon the Prime Minister's proposal at the last social partners' meeting, it was decided that the first agreements should be adopted at the subsequent meeting scheduled for 2 September 2011.

    

Prime Minister Pahor decided to take this step after recent developments in the international financial markets. They came as no surprise to him, as he predicted such developments as early as after the last eurozone countries met on 21 July and before the conclusion of negotiations to cap US public debt, but he is nevertheless concerned about developments and maintains contact with the competent financial authorities.

  

According to Prime Minister Pahor, the pension reform failure necessitates the adoption of the revised budget, which has already been drafted and would enable Slovenia to control its state expenditure. This is going to be the first step towards fiscal consolidation, supported by the National Assembly and applied by the Slovenian Government as a timely and potent means of control of the risks caused by volatile financial markets affecting financial and subsequently also economic and social situation in Slovenia.