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Hello. Exactly 100 days ago,

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on June 1, 2022, the 15th
Government of Slovenia was sworn in,

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Robert Golob's government,
so I would like to introduce

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Deputy Prime Minister
Tanja Fajon.

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Deputy Prime Minister Luke Mesec.

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And, of course, Prime Minister
Robert Golob.

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Welcome to this more relaxed
atmosphere, which you promised us

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even before the election.

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The Golob government took
office at a very difficult time.

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The citizens, the economy, civil
society, and others hadn't yet

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recovered from the Covid pandemic
when the war in Ukraine broke out

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and the European company
faced an energy crisis.

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Because of difficult foreign and
domestic circumstances, the Golob

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government neither expected nor
enjoyed 100 days of peace.

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Autumn and winter
are coming.

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Because of the exceptional hike
in energy prices, the two seasons

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will be among the most difficult
in postwar Europe. That's why

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the government immediately
introduced measures to combat

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rising prices. It's also active
in the European arena.

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Despite Slovenia's small size,
the combined knowledge

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of the energy sector in the Golob
government

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enables it to suggest measures
to the European Commission.

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On April 24, voters clearly
expressed their wish

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for a government that
would do things differently.

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The Golob government
has brought them dialog,

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stability, and trust.

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What specific things did
the government do for the people

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of Slovenia in the first 100 days?
Infrastructure Minister Bojan Kumar

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will introduce measures
in the energy sector.

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Mr. Prime Minister,
Deputy Prime Ministers,

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colleagues, MPs, journalists,
and other guests.

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The energy and the price crisis
are not just Slovenia's problems,

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but a global occurrence that will
certainly change our lives.

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They already require us

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to make considered interventions
in the market, to be decisive,

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patient, and calm, to introduce
goal-oriented, coordinated measures,

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and to work together. Autumn
and winter are ahead of us,

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and they'll be unlike any we've seen
before, but we're ready.

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The first 100 days of our government
passed quickly, at least

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for our ministry.

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We've prepared comprehensive,
goal-oriented, and coordinated

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measures to limit
electricity and natural gas prices,

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and devised a plan for preventative
measures in special circumstances.

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The foundations we've
set in 100 days

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will help us all weather
the weeks and months again.

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All these measures represent
a balance between immediate action,

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medium-term readiness,
and long-term solutions.

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We thought of today, and we're
taking action for tomorrow.

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The government
has set the highest consumer

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electricity prices for households
and small businesses, as well as

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the highest gas prices for protected
consumers and small businesses.

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These went
into effect on September 1.

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The prices will be somewhat
higher than last year,

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in relation to the current market
conditions, they're much lower.

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The energy prices have also prompted
us to address efficiency.

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The government has adopted
measures and recommendations

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for the energy efficiency
of buildings in the public sector.

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It has urged the private sector
to act in a similar way.

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To conserve energy, we do not
cool rooms to less than 25°C,

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or heat them to more
than 20°C.

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We made a step toward
addressing energy poverty.

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We passed on an order that will
enable us to define

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and address energy poverty.
The government also prepared

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three laws that will
address energy prices,

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the reliability of energy
and natural gas supplies,

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as well as an action plan
in case of a serious crisis.

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The government has worked
on this legislation all summer long.

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The most important law helps
us manage crisis situations

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in the gas and electricity
markets in a coordinated manner.

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It's a proposed law designed
to minimize the effects

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of crises with energy supplies.
It contains temporary measures

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to reduce risk and to ensure
more reliable supplies,

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less reliance on imports,

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and lower price pressures due
to energy market instability.

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The second proposed law approved
by the government concerns

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the price of natural gas.
The amendment expands

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the definition of household users.
We addressed an area that wasn't

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addressed last year, when there
was confusion,

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and people received excessive
heating bills.

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The proposal also defines
alternative supplies of gas

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in case customers
are left without a supplier.

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The third law in the package
is the so-called Guarantee Law.

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This law aims to follow
the example of other EU members

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and enable energy suppliers access
the liquidity in highly

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unstable market conditions to
ensure the supply of consumers

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with imports. These measures will
surely need to be amended

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or expanded. I'm thinking
of ongoing negotiations

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regrading Solidarity Agreements
with neighboring countries.

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Nevertheless, I hope and trust that
we're moving in the right direction,

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as we've signed one such
agreement with Italy.

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Allow me to mention the increase
in EU cohesion funds

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for the construction of small
solar plants from €19

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to €37 million. This will enable
around 100 additional megawatts

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worth of solar power plants.

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The ministry has also been
involved in two proposed laws

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filed by the opposition at the start
of the government's term.

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Such an approach dramatically
changes the established practice

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of rejecting potentially effective
legislative solutions

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vetted and amended
by Parliament.

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By adapting its legislative
proposals and introducing

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new laws, such as those
governing the Krško Nuclear

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Plant and comprehensive traffic
solutions, the government

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will support effective proposals
drafted by the opposition,

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even though the previous government
showed no will to enact them.

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We would like to see these
two proposals passed as soon

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as possible. These are just some
of the projects our ministry

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has drafted and brought
to life in these 100 days.

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I know that considerable work
lies ahead of us,

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but we have a very good team
and plenty of positive energy.

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May the remaining 1360 days
be as serene as possible.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Minister.

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The measures to combat
rising prices,

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which have now gone into effect,
should also contribute

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to the limiting of inflation.
Because many of us are struggling,

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the Golob government has paid
particular attention to those

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who need more help. These
include welfare recipients,

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recipients of care assistance, the
disabled, as well as the employed.

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The Minister of Labor, Family,
Social Affairs,

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and Equal Opportunities, Mr. Luka
Mesec, please take the stage.

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Mr. Prime Minster, Ms. Deputy
Prime Minister, dear colleagues.

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All of the members
of the government

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are aware that the coming
winter will be difficult,

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perhaps one of the most difficult
in recent memory.

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The government is well aware
of this, but this doesn't mean

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that we're backing off from
our election commitments

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or forgetting our promises.
The opposite is true.

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We will build on these
policies despite the crisis,

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and we will keep our promises,
from the Green Transition

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and inter-generational solidarity
to the elimination of poverty.

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We all wish to live in a country
without poverty.

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That's why, at the beginning
of the energy crisis, our ministry

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first offered assistance
to the poorest households.

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With the energy supplement, which
we have drawn up, the assistance

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will reach some 63,000 households
or 116,000 individuals.

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Many citizens have asked me
who will be eligible for this aid.

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An online calculator will soon
be ready,

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which will include aid criteria,
and a way for each user

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to calculate eligibility for the aid
and its amount.

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Because we don't just wish
to distribute assistance,

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but also target it, so that
it covers the groups

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that need it the most,
we will join civic groups

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to launch an awareness-raising
campaign.

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This year, an analysis by
the Statistical Office

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has again shown that women over 65
who live alone

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are Slovenia's most at-risk group.
Most are widows

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and many didn’t even know
that they are entitled

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to welfare protection.
This campaign

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will invite them to make use
of the welfare systems

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to which they are entitled.

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In the long term, this will
prevent poverty

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among these at-risk groups.

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This will be done at the ministerial
level, by welfare institutions,

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and through
awareness-raising campaigns.

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This is something new
for this country.

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The aid should be seen
as only a piece in a mosaic.

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It's not the only form
of assistance for households

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and individuals during
the crisis. The government

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has been actively following global
and European events.

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We will respond to those
as needed.

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We're talking about
food assistance

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and the regulation
of several foodstuffs.

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After all, we want to address
the challenges that lie before us

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in an active way. Since I began
by talking about how difficult

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the coming winter will be,

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let me emphasize that the government
will do everything

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that it will be difficult
for the government,

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but not for the people.
Thank you.

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Thank you. Minister. The measures
taken by the government

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in its first 100 days didn't ignore
the problems faced by other groups:

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farmers, fishermen, small business
owners, and craftspeople,

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as well as business, which is
the driving force of our society,

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and requires a predictable
and stable environment.

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The Minister of Economic Development
and Technology, Matjaž Han,

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will talk about what the government
has done for them.

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Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. and Ms.
Deputy Prime Minister,

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dear colleagues, MPs,
ministers, secretaries,

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and the press.

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I know that I have to stick
to protocol,

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but any of the ministers
could stand here

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and explain what this government
has accomplished.

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Today, I have this privilege.

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When I became a minister
100 days ago,

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it was clear that there were
difficult times ahead of us.

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The high energy prices are
endangering our economy,

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our businesses, and our
craftspeople.

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I'm in touch with representatives
of business and people who live

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from their labor every day.

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I'm hearing about struggles
and fear of uncertainty

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even in the most successful
companies.

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Entire sectors
are facing great stress.

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That's why I consider

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the establishment of trust
to be once of the key achievements

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of the past 100 days.
Trust among the ministries,

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the government, business,
workers, chambers, associations,

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and individuals. Only by cooperating
can we overcome this crisis,

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by cooperation can also help us
develop our economy,

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a high-value
economy open into the world,

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a green, digital, and innovative
economy,

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and an economy that will address
our country's and our society's

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strategic interests.

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That's why we need
to address this crisis together

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and with solidarity.

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In the past 100 days,
the ministry has carried out

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several measures designed
to make the business environment

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as stable and predictable
as possible,

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even in these difficult times.

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I'll talk about the regulation
of fuel, even though

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Minister Kumer has mentioned
it already.

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Because we’ve decided
to regulate fuels,

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both people and businesses

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enjoy some of the lowest
fuel prices in the neighborhood

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outside of highways.
This is significant.

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Secondly, these regulated
prices have saved

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taxpayers' money.

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In cooperation with
various chambers,

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we passed a law giving
€40 million in aid

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to help businesses cover electricity
and natural gas expenses.

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Businesses will receive direct
aid in the amount of €500,000.

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This will cover 30% of expenses,
unless the gas and electricity

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prices rise by a factor of two.

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Big businesses will receive up to
€2 million under the same criteria.

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Liquidity is currently
causing problems for business.

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That's why more than €80 million
of liquidity assistance

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will be made available this month
in the form of loans

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from entrepreneurship funds
in cooperation

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with the SID Development Bank.

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In addition to assistance to address
the energy crisis,

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we're involved in helping
businesses grow.

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This year, the ministry will
allocate €670 million

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of development funds.
Our predecessors also did this,

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and we'll carry on with an even
faster pace.

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This money will be used
for research and development,

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investments in greater productivity,
the green and digital transitions,

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and for greater funding
of our high-quality tourism sector.

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After all, we managed to secure
more than €20 million additional

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funds for investments
in mountain resorts.

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Within a week, we'll also
announce a public tender

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for €69 million of investments
in tourism lodging.

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Naturally, our attention is directed
into the energy crisis.

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Decisive regulation
of the energy market

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is what businesses
expect from us.

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We all know our Prime Minister
as one of the biggest experts

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both in Slovenia
and internationally.

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He's also a firm believer
in decisive intervention

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on the European level.

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Businesses can expect
comprehensive assistance

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from this government. It consists
of price regulation,

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measures to preserve jobs,
corporate liquidity measures,

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and measures that will encourage
investment in greater

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energy self-sufficiency,
efficiency, and security.

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If I had my way,

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our Irena Šinko should be joining
us onstage now,

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but I was told that I needed
to read her work myself.

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This government is characterized
by good cooperation

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between departments. I have
the important task of summarizing

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the work done to protect
Slovenian farms

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and the food industry, which Irena
carried out phenomenally.

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Irena, you'll correct me
if needed.

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We set aside more than €22
million for subsidies

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covering fuel, fertilizers,
equipment, and dairy aid.

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Farm and fishing companies
and cooperatives

00:22:53.383 --> 00:22:56.970
have been included
in co-financing mechanisms

00:22:57.137 --> 00:23:01.150
intended to address high
electricity and natural gas prices.

00:23:01.270 --> 00:23:05.356
In a time of negative forecasts,
the government has ensured

00:23:05.523 --> 00:23:09.903
funds for the purchase of wheat
in the about of €12 million.

00:23:10.030 --> 00:23:14.390
We also defined the prices
of 15 basic foodstuffs,

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:19.240
which will enable us to compare
similar products

00:23:19.377 --> 00:23:22.270
sold in major Slovenian
grocery stores.

00:23:22.470 --> 00:23:27.030
With this, we wish
to limit price hikes

00:23:27.290 --> 00:23:31.036
and control inflation,
which is our key goal.

00:23:32.270 --> 00:23:33.990
I'm about to conclude.

00:23:34.583 --> 00:23:37.650
Ladies and gentlemen,
if we work together,

00:23:37.797 --> 00:23:44.556
this crisis can be an opportunity
for quicker economic growth.

00:23:45.137 --> 00:23:51.240
Our common goal is for the Slovenian
economy to remain competitive

00:23:51.523 --> 00:23:53.520
and capable of development.

00:23:53.910 --> 00:23:57.536
With this, we're ensuring

00:23:57.657 --> 00:24:01.450
good working conditions
and high pay to employees,

00:24:01.617 --> 00:24:04.670
and prosperity
to our citizens

00:24:12.170 --> 00:24:14.043
Thank you, Minister.

00:24:14.197 --> 00:24:17.710
The government had pledged
a comprehensive overhaul

00:24:17.890 --> 00:24:22.440
of healthcare because a stable
system of public health

00:24:22.590 --> 00:24:25.570
is the foundation of a just
welfare state.

00:24:25.743 --> 00:24:30.150
The accessibility of the healthcare
system to everyone, regardless

00:24:30.271 --> 00:24:34.396
of their social status, is one
of the government's priorities.

00:24:34.517 --> 00:24:38.662
We're joined by the Minister
of Health, Danijel Bešič Loredan.

00:24:38.783 --> 00:24:43.585
Hello. Mr. Prime Minister, Deputy
Prime Ministers, dear colleagues,

00:24:43.706 --> 00:24:49.080
ministers, MPs, secretaries, and
everyone else gathered here today.

00:24:50.030 --> 00:24:53.336
We don't have much
without good health,

00:24:53.490 --> 00:24:56.357
but we can have everything
with good health.

00:24:56.497 --> 00:25:03.610
Our government wishes to create
a stable, broadly accessible

00:25:03.731 --> 00:25:08.896
public health system
available to everyone.

00:25:09.113 --> 00:25:13.306
We will put an end to the notion
that has been widespread

00:25:13.467 --> 00:25:18.000
over the past 30, and especially
the past 20 years, that nothing

00:25:18.123 --> 00:25:20.696
can be changed
in Slovenian healthcare

00:25:20.830 --> 00:25:24.830
and that things will just remain
how they have always been.

00:25:25.137 --> 00:25:29.376
We understand
public healthcare

00:25:29.530 --> 00:25:34.630
as everyone's right
to visit a doctor

00:25:34.797 --> 00:25:40.400
when needed and to receive
safe and quality treatment,

00:25:40.537 --> 00:25:43.983
regardless of our
social status.

00:25:45.186 --> 00:25:48.616
Over the first 100 days,
we have sought solutions

00:25:48.737 --> 00:25:52.450
and will continue to seek them
for everyone's benefit.

00:25:52.833 --> 00:25:57.196
The Law on Intervention Measures
will enable us to do all we can

00:25:57.330 --> 00:26:03.600
to reduce wait times, but it's just
the first part of larger puzzle.

00:26:04.457 --> 00:26:07.910
We will aside an additional
€200 million

00:26:08.043 --> 00:26:10.283
to reduce wait times.

00:26:11.683 --> 00:26:15.530
We wish to digitalize
the Slovenian healthcare system,

00:26:15.663 --> 00:26:20.583
since this is the only
way to ensure a transparent system.

00:26:21.443 --> 00:26:25.856
Without digitalization,
clearly defined wait times,

00:26:26.463 --> 00:26:30.730
and a transparent IT system,
we cannot accurately assess

00:26:30.923 --> 00:26:34.550
how many people are waiting
for a certain procedure.

00:26:34.917 --> 00:26:38.810
From September 1 onward,
all services will be paid for,

00:26:38.963 --> 00:26:42.716
and this will last until the end
of 2023.

00:26:42.857 --> 00:26:47.543
We wish to better manage
and organize our state

00:26:47.670 --> 00:26:52.256
health institutions to ensure they
work in the benefit of the people.

00:26:52.403 --> 00:26:56.376
Over time, I expect no later
than in six months,

00:26:56.597 --> 00:27:01.283
we'll get a platform that will
enable each of us

00:27:01.430 --> 00:27:04.856
to sign up a service
with the shortest wait times.

00:27:06.797 --> 00:27:12.003
Primary care will be the basis
of healthcare in Slovenia.

00:27:12.510 --> 00:27:18.603
We must do all to reduce
the pressure in primary care.

00:27:18.883 --> 00:27:23.263
We will do everything to improve
the accessibility to healthcare,

00:27:23.457 --> 00:27:27.456
to family doctors, OB-GYNs,
and pediatricians.

00:27:27.857 --> 00:27:32.243
We must direct resident
specialists

00:27:32.363 --> 00:27:35.230
toward family medicine
or we will no longer

00:27:35.350 --> 00:27:40.650
have family doctors in 15 years.
We must reduce the pressure on them,

00:27:40.783 --> 00:27:47.250
so that nurses and other
healthcare professionals

00:27:47.417 --> 00:27:51.143
get the opportunity
to do their work.

00:27:54.530 --> 00:27:59.280
Yes, I was at the ministers'
meeting in Prague yesterday.

00:27:59.383 --> 00:28:03.356
We also have a difficult winter
ahead of us,

00:28:03.490 --> 00:28:06.263
but we're ready for Covid.

00:28:06.370 --> 00:28:11.770
We'll protect
the most vulnerable groups.

00:28:12.257 --> 00:28:16.036
We'll do everything to percent
the healthcare systems

00:28:16.157 --> 00:28:19.050
from being shut down.
We'll treat everyone,

00:28:19.210 --> 00:28:22.110
regardless of their reason
for coming.

00:28:22.230 --> 00:28:26.530
We'll pay special attention
to retirement homes,

00:28:26.617 --> 00:28:30.840
where we'll do everything
to keep things under control.

00:28:31.883 --> 00:28:34.936
Unlike our predecessors,

00:28:35.057 --> 00:28:38.383
we've returned decision-making
to professionals.

00:28:38.577 --> 00:28:40.683
That's the only way.

00:28:40.823 --> 00:28:44.230
Professionals must be
in control of the epidemic,

00:28:44.363 --> 00:28:49.123
while the goal of this government
is to keep society open

00:28:49.517 --> 00:28:56.440
to make sure that Covid measures
are known in advance,

00:28:56.963 --> 00:29:01.283
and to enable us to live with Covid.
The disease is here to stay,

00:29:01.457 --> 00:29:05.216
and we will live with it.
This is true for this winter

00:29:05.337 --> 00:29:08.511
and for years to come. As
we've accepted the flu

00:29:08.632 --> 00:29:12.083
and other respiratory ailments,
we'll also accept

00:29:12.204 --> 00:29:15.809
Covid as a part of our
healthcare system and society.

00:29:15.930 --> 00:29:22.708
Let's listen to healthcare
unions regarding pay.

00:29:22.829 --> 00:29:26.963
We'll soon prepare the basis
for negotiations,

00:29:27.103 --> 00:29:31.503
so we can rebuild the damaged
pay scale system

00:29:31.650 --> 00:29:33.330
in the healthcare system.

00:29:33.750 --> 00:29:37.656
This is the work
of our predecessors,

00:29:37.790 --> 00:29:41.880
but we're moving ahead
and are ready to tackle challenges.

00:29:42.530 --> 00:29:47.103
In the field of long-term care,
no once will be left without care

00:29:47.263 --> 00:29:50.363
on January 1, 2023.

00:29:50.543 --> 00:29:54.703
We will clarify the legislation
governing this area,

00:29:54.877 --> 00:29:59.976
and everyone who enjoys care now
will have access to it.

00:30:00.250 --> 00:30:04.110
We will get the legislation
in order, even if 15

00:30:04.263 --> 00:30:07.953
additional referendums are called.
We'll get this done.

00:30:08.843 --> 00:30:13.510
Let's not forget what we have
neglected during this time:

00:30:13.643 --> 00:30:18.949
mental health and dementia.
In late September, we'll have

00:30:19.150 --> 00:30:27.030
a clear plan for mental health
issues. After September 20,

00:30:27.203 --> 00:30:30.710
we'll have a special
press conference on this topic.

00:30:30.843 --> 00:30:34.563
On the Mental Health Day
in October, we'll meet

00:30:34.690 --> 00:30:40.143
with the press, where
we'll introduce our work so far.

00:30:40.643 --> 00:30:43.776
I'll conclude with a slide

00:30:43.970 --> 00:30:47.796
showing our Comprehensive
Healthcare Reform.

00:30:47.963 --> 00:30:51.522
This is a goal of our government
and something no one

00:30:51.643 --> 00:30:55.956
has managed before. Our goal
for the patient to be at the center

00:30:56.097 --> 00:31:01.829
of the healthcare system. Our
goal is a health system

00:31:01.950 --> 00:31:05.883
that is public, just,

00:31:06.223 --> 00:31:11.770
accessible to all regardless
of their social status,

00:31:12.330 --> 00:31:20.250
transparent, and last but not least,
corruption-free.

00:31:21.897 --> 00:31:25.962
There is no truth to the notion
that nothing can be changed

00:31:26.083 --> 00:31:28.817
in the Slovenian healthcare system.

00:31:28.983 --> 00:31:32.576
I, the Prime Minister, and
the government all believe

00:31:32.703 --> 00:31:34.303
it can be changed.

00:31:34.483 --> 00:31:39.283
The team in the ministry
will carry this out. Thank you.

00:31:50.777 --> 00:31:52.377
Thank you, Minister.

00:31:52.517 --> 00:31:55.763
We'll now move on to an
interesting discussion

00:31:55.884 --> 00:32:00.130
with heads of coalition parties.
I won't be the one hosting it

00:32:00.263 --> 00:32:03.823
because I'd be too kind,
so here's our special guest,

00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:05.570
Marcel Štefančič.

00:32:13.270 --> 00:32:15.856
Hello, Marcel.
-Hello.

00:32:15.963 --> 00:32:19.830
Do you know what I'm missing?
-What Janez Janša misses.

00:32:20.357 --> 00:32:25.570
Perhaps. -That's why he seems
lost lately.

00:32:25.703 --> 00:32:28.330
He doesn't now
exactly what's going on.

00:32:28.443 --> 00:32:31.336
He sees Nataša Pirc Musar
where she isn't.

00:32:31.470 --> 00:32:34.110
OK, but I don't miss those two.

00:32:34.850 --> 00:32:37.899
I miss what I often
heard on Monday nights.

00:32:38.020 --> 00:32:41.869
"Mr. President, Your Excellency
Archbi..." -You forgot.

00:32:41.990 --> 00:32:45.593
"Mrs. and Ms. Deputy Prime
Minister..." -Mr. President

00:32:45.753 --> 00:32:50.006
and Your Excellency the Archbishop.
-You're much better at it.

00:32:50.113 --> 00:32:53.790
You have 20 minutes.
-I've hosted all three of you,

00:32:53.911 --> 00:32:57.403
so you know how this works.
I'm asking the questions,

00:32:57.537 --> 00:33:00.937
and you're answering. You have
7-9 seconds to reply!

00:33:01.058 --> 00:33:04.630
Prime Minister, you've been
in power for 100 years.

00:33:04.777 --> 00:33:09.616
According to the polls, the people
still like you.

00:33:10.237 --> 00:33:14.156
Have you thought
of calling an early election?

00:33:14.397 --> 00:33:18.590
Why? -So you’d get even more.
Marjan Šarec tried that.

00:33:20.163 --> 00:33:25.416
Let's call an early election.
We'll get more than before.

00:33:25.603 --> 00:33:30.840
We're fine. -It turned out
that more is less.

00:33:31.137 --> 00:33:35.716
Does this mean that
the old proverb,

00:33:36.963 --> 00:33:41.083
"Leave while you're still on top,"
is no longer valid?

00:33:42.850 --> 00:33:46.790
We don't want to leave now.
We have too many challenges.

00:33:46.963 --> 00:33:52.140
I suppose it's like saying to Dončić
at his peak to get lost.

00:33:52.261 --> 00:33:57.360
We have four... eight... seven
years ahead of us.

00:33:57.663 --> 00:34:00.490
That's what we predicted.

00:34:00.657 --> 00:34:04.710
Mr. Mesec, are you more satisfied
with Slovenian capitalism

00:34:04.877 --> 00:34:07.536
the second time around?

00:34:07.683 --> 00:34:12.030
I see a lot of room for improvement
over the next eight years.

00:34:12.690 --> 00:34:16.463
I hear you lectured Slovenian
capitalists about creative

00:34:16.597 --> 00:34:20.840
destruction? -That's true.
For the second time in two days.

00:34:21.937 --> 00:34:25.855
But if I remember correctly,
creative destruction

00:34:25.976 --> 00:34:30.360
means that new technologies
open up new markets.

00:34:30.630 --> 00:34:35.416
This assumes a mature market. Is the
Slovenian market mature enough?

00:34:35.563 --> 00:34:39.436
Creative destruction means
both the creation of the new

00:34:39.557 --> 00:34:44.589
and the ruin of the old.
I warned Slovenian capitalists

00:34:44.790 --> 00:34:51.843
that innovation
also involves destruction,

00:34:51.983 --> 00:34:55.023
that progress destroys.
That's why it's up

00:34:55.157 --> 00:35:00.257
to the Ministry of Social Affairs
to ensure a cohesive society

00:35:00.390 --> 00:35:05.470
into which everyone is integrated.
-I'm asking this, Prime Minister,

00:35:05.610 --> 00:35:09.320
because I feel you've lost
your craving for governance.

00:35:09.477 --> 00:35:14.090
You're the largest party, but you
have no presidential candidate.

00:35:14.497 --> 00:35:19.623
Sometimes you have to control
yourself and not talk about it.

00:35:19.744 --> 00:35:23.390
But our election commitment
is to take care of people.

00:35:23.550 --> 00:35:27.760
The government is the key
mechanism to carry that out.

00:35:27.990 --> 00:35:32.263
But since you don't have
a presidential candidate,

00:35:32.410 --> 00:35:36.040
it seems as if you're leaving...
-You have to wait.

00:35:36.183 --> 00:35:39.630
We'll have this conversation
next week.

00:35:39.790 --> 00:35:43.287
But you were surprised that
Marta Kos ended her run.

00:35:43.408 --> 00:35:45.763
We certainly
hadn't planned that.

00:35:48.537 --> 00:35:52.283
Ms. Fajon, the irony is that
all three coalition parties

00:35:52.737 --> 00:35:55.850
are without their own
presidential candidates.

00:35:56.017 --> 00:35:59.230
This must be close
to a world record.

00:35:59.703 --> 00:36:02.670
These guys are probably
following our lead,

00:36:02.770 --> 00:36:06.691
and these guys are a step ahead,
so I think much can change

00:36:06.847 --> 00:36:10.718
in the next few days.
-Do you have enough political power

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:14.533
and will now cede the presidency
to Janša, for instance,

00:36:14.661 --> 00:36:19.800
in the name of political fair play?
-No, I'm sure that Slovenia

00:36:19.959 --> 00:36:24.970
will get a center-left president,
and there are many candidates

00:36:25.142 --> 00:36:29.437
to choose from. Besides,
the process isn't over.

00:36:29.587 --> 00:36:32.960
We're all still talking.

00:36:33.048 --> 00:36:36.428
But even the choices we
already have are very good.

00:36:36.551 --> 00:36:39.617
Mr. Mesec, you said you'll have
a candidate.

00:36:39.768 --> 00:36:43.334
Will it be M.V. or M.K.?
I think they're both here.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:49.000
We're currently still at E.D.,
our election debt.

00:36:49.366 --> 00:36:53.341
Would you support Anže Logar?
Tonin says he's drifted

00:36:53.462 --> 00:36:55.408
to the left.

00:36:56.350 --> 00:36:59.854
An interesting turn of events
for a self-declared

00:36:59.971 --> 00:37:01.571
centrist party.

00:37:01.821 --> 00:37:04.443
A question for all three:

00:37:04.610 --> 00:37:07.715
You will compete in the local
elections, right?

00:37:07.843 --> 00:37:11.842
We won't, because we're in
the government, but our people will.

00:37:11.963 --> 00:37:14.718
Well, you're here
as the heads of parties.

00:37:14.836 --> 00:37:17.630
So yes to the local elections?
-Naturally.

00:37:17.751 --> 00:37:21.185
Of course, I believe...
-It's not that self-evident.

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:25.602
You don't have a presidential
candidate. -But we have mayors

00:37:25.723 --> 00:37:28.144
who are good
and will do well.

00:37:28.974 --> 00:37:31.535
A party shouldn't skip any election.

00:37:31.806 --> 00:37:36.100
Let's address personnel matters.
We're hearing that the Freedom

00:37:36.228 --> 00:37:39.527
Movement is going it alone
in personnel matters.

00:37:39.648 --> 00:37:42.411
Who is
spreading these rumors?

00:37:42.522 --> 00:37:46.171
We're probably the ones,
so we get them off our backs.

00:37:46.292 --> 00:37:47.972
Are the rumors accurate?

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:50.920
I'd put it differently.

00:37:51.581 --> 00:37:54.760
The most dissatisfaction came
from your party.

00:37:54.992 --> 00:38:00.140
It's not some big dissatisfaction.
We're primarily interested

00:38:00.246 --> 00:38:02.784
in how these companies
will function

00:38:02.896 --> 00:38:07.882
and the professional qualification
and transparency of their managers.

00:38:08.003 --> 00:38:11.587
What was the worst personnel
decision so far?

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:15.715
I could name several examples,
but we've talked about this

00:38:15.836 --> 00:38:19.052
already, so what's the point?
We're now looking ahead.

00:38:19.173 --> 00:38:22.663
Forget Janša. Was there any
personnel decision of his

00:38:22.824 --> 00:38:26.914
that wasn't controversial? But I'm
asking about your 100 days.

00:38:27.035 --> 00:38:31.267
I'll let the Prime Minister respond.
-We're doing great.

00:38:31.773 --> 00:38:34.507
Until we have problems,
we won't complain.

00:38:34.846 --> 00:38:39.123
I'll ask another way. Mr. Mesec,
you opposed politically driven

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:43.461
managerial appointments. How many
such appointments took place

00:38:43.582 --> 00:38:48.338
in the past 100 days? -I'm not
the right person to answer that.

00:38:49.189 --> 00:38:55.000
Last week, I clicked on Nova24, and
I think there's a counter on top.

00:38:55.189 --> 00:38:59.816
Janez Janša should
be sitting here.

00:38:59.937 --> 00:39:03.905
But we don't need him. We have
a computer and you can check

00:39:04.028 --> 00:39:05.878
the number on Nova24.

00:39:06.007 --> 00:39:10.145
He should be the one to tell us
the number.

00:39:10.266 --> 00:39:14.940
Ms. Fajon, does the Prime Minister
need to replace a minister?

00:39:15.151 --> 00:39:19.334
That would be too soon.

00:39:19.701 --> 00:39:23.145
Mr. Mesec? -Does he need
to replace someone? No.

00:39:24.552 --> 00:39:27.357
Will you replace anyone?
-No.

00:39:28.011 --> 00:39:34.420
If Prime Minister Golob replaces
Minister Han, for instance...

00:39:34.670 --> 00:39:36.570
Where did you find me?

00:39:41.201 --> 00:39:45.545
...who's a part of your quota,
how many ministers

00:39:45.707 --> 00:39:52.360
from the Freedom Movement quota
would need to be replaced as well?

00:39:52.468 --> 00:39:56.967
How many Freedom Party ministers
would replace a fallen SD minister?

00:39:57.090 --> 00:40:00.712
We won't give up Matjaž,
so the Prime Minister

00:40:00.857 --> 00:40:02.457
won't do that.

00:40:02.577 --> 00:40:06.360
And we don't talk about
backup scenarios.

00:40:07.738 --> 00:40:10.632
They're not an option.
-How many fallen?

00:40:12.178 --> 00:40:15.594
Why are you looking at me?
-How many Freedom Party

00:40:15.744 --> 00:40:18.714
ministers must fall for
one from the Left?

00:40:18.853 --> 00:40:22.797
There are four of us...
-My hands aren't bloody.

00:40:22.938 --> 00:40:27.438
Prime Minster, could your coalition
be strengthened by NSi,

00:40:27.568 --> 00:40:30.981
for instance, if one of your
coalition parties felt

00:40:31.109 --> 00:40:33.739
that you were going it alone
too often.

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:37.617
Feelings are one things,
but it's the results that count,

00:40:37.738 --> 00:40:39.538
as does trust among people.

00:40:39.676 --> 00:40:43.792
As for working with the opposition,
we're already doing that,

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:50.400
and every legislation has shown
that this is working.

00:40:51.713 --> 00:40:56.360
We're also discussing constitutional
changes with NSi.

00:40:57.989 --> 00:41:01.305
This is a foundation on which
we can build

00:41:01.411 --> 00:41:04.761
trust between the coalition
and the opposition.

00:41:04.867 --> 00:41:08.683
This is the right approach.
-Let's imagine a catastrophe.

00:41:08.822 --> 00:41:13.448
If the war in Ukraine continues,
then Germany faces a recession.

00:41:13.848 --> 00:41:19.080
We know what this means.
If Germany experiences a recession,

00:41:19.264 --> 00:41:22.892
Slovenia will experience one
as well. Are you prepared

00:41:23.026 --> 00:41:27.777
for a recession? -Yes.
For 100 days, we've been

00:41:27.888 --> 00:41:30.949
working on preventing
a recession in Germany.

00:41:31.070 --> 00:41:36.372
How are we doing that? We need
to reform Europe's energy market.

00:41:36.493 --> 00:41:40.898
This is the key to preventing
the recession. -What if the Germans

00:41:41.038 --> 00:41:43.438
stop spending? -That doesn't matter.

00:41:43.558 --> 00:41:47.400
Germany is in a crisis because of
its economic model, which was based

00:41:47.521 --> 00:41:50.218
on cheap Russian gas.
-But we'll be in a crisis

00:41:50.339 --> 00:41:54.580
because we're dependent on Germany.
-Sure, so we need to address

00:41:54.708 --> 00:41:58.274
the crisis at its source.
-What will we say to people,

00:41:58.452 --> 00:42:02.562
Ms. Fajon, we're sorry but we're
in a recession because we're

00:42:02.683 --> 00:42:06.172
overdependent on Germany.
-The whole world is facing

00:42:06.306 --> 00:42:13.560
an unpredictable situation.
A difficult winter is ahead of us,

00:42:13.706 --> 00:42:18.172
and the war probably
won't be over soon.

00:42:18.317 --> 00:42:22.661
We'll may get a long-term frozen
conflict, but in any case,

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:26.527
we have to prepare for the worst
and hope for the best.

00:42:26.683 --> 00:42:29.692
And we are prepared,
at least for this winter.

00:42:29.813 --> 00:42:33.688
Mr. Mesec, people will say,
why aren't we dependent

00:42:33.803 --> 00:42:38.092
on China, which doesn't have
recessions? -I have a hard

00:42:38.248 --> 00:42:42.658
time imagining China and Germany
switching geographical positions.

00:42:42.848 --> 00:42:45.936
So yes, when Germany sneezes,
Slovenia coughs.

00:42:46.109 --> 00:42:50.214
But we all know that Slovenia
can put bandages on its wounds,

00:42:50.392 --> 00:42:54.678
but we'll need to do two things
to actually resolve the crisis:

00:42:54.857 --> 00:42:59.178
We'll have to address the crisis
in Europe, as the Prime Minister

00:42:59.299 --> 00:43:03.243
mentioned, and ask ourselves how
to end this senseless war

00:43:03.410 --> 00:43:07.061
as soon as possible. -How high
will our energy bill be?

00:43:07.667 --> 00:43:11.111
It depends on the supplier...
-Han talked about you

00:43:11.233 --> 00:43:13.956
as the biggest expert far and wide.

00:43:14.107 --> 00:43:18.743
If you live in an apartment
building, it will cost you

00:43:18.871 --> 00:43:20.860
some €50 or €60
a month.

00:43:21.666 --> 00:43:25.976
This won't be substantially higher
than what you've been used to

00:43:26.093 --> 00:43:30.499
over the past ten years.
Our first task is to ensure

00:43:30.848 --> 00:43:35.010
that people don't suffer.
This part is now done.

00:43:35.127 --> 00:43:39.065
Will we conserve energy?
-It's right for us to conserve it.

00:43:39.210 --> 00:43:41.954
Will we have blackouts
like in socialism?

00:43:42.060 --> 00:43:45.787
It's right that we conserve
and that this is voluntary

00:43:45.908 --> 00:43:50.014
because we're import-dependent
in gas, oil, and electricity.

00:43:50.170 --> 00:43:54.220
Isn't it weird, Ms. Fajon, that
capitalism is now forcing us

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:57.875
toward socialism: blackouts and
conservation....

00:43:59.376 --> 00:44:04.012
It's right that we are conserving,
but we should also be thinking

00:44:04.151 --> 00:44:08.351
about how to adopt renewable
energy sources.

00:44:08.534 --> 00:44:12.446
If this can be a development
opportunity for the economy,

00:44:12.567 --> 00:44:17.640
why can't it be an opportunity for
renewables, solar power plants...

00:44:18.006 --> 00:44:22.480
The situation can help us focus
more on this.

00:44:22.644 --> 00:44:28.520
But Mr. Mesec, it's a strange that
electricity prices are going up

00:44:28.641 --> 00:44:33.111
even though we have the Šoštanj
Coal Power Plant (TEŠ). Why is that?

00:44:33.222 --> 00:44:37.894
I'd switch your formula. Capitalism
is forcing us into eco-socialism.

00:44:38.839 --> 00:44:43.100
The Green New Deal, which
began as a promise,

00:44:43.211 --> 00:44:46.822
has now become a necessity,
and I welcome this.

00:44:46.972 --> 00:44:52.100
It's high time for Europe to end
its dependence on oil and gas

00:44:52.217 --> 00:44:56.950
and to use renewable infrastructure
to become self-sufficient.

00:44:57.071 --> 00:45:02.840
But Mr. Prime Minister, we built
TEŠ... Ms. Fajon...

00:45:03.934 --> 00:45:09.501
to make us secure in terms
of energy. We also built

00:45:09.657 --> 00:45:13.803
the Krško Nuclear Power Plant.

00:45:13.910 --> 00:45:16.843
A long time ago, but we paved
over the Sava

00:45:16.977 --> 00:45:21.603
in the name of energy security,
so why is electricity

00:45:21.737 --> 00:45:25.723
getting more expensive when we have
so much of our own?

00:45:25.950 --> 00:45:28.856
It's a myth that we
are self-sufficient.

00:45:29.023 --> 00:45:34.170
We're not, because our consumption
is increasing.

00:45:34.643 --> 00:45:39.003
We fall short
by 15% to 20% each year,

00:45:39.290 --> 00:45:44.200
and this needs to be imported.
According to current EU rules,

00:45:44.637 --> 00:45:47.843
the price of imports sets
the price of resale.

00:45:47.983 --> 00:45:51.776
This doesn't make any sense,
and it needs to be reformed.

00:45:51.930 --> 00:45:56.450
Since you see that we
don't have enough energy,

00:45:56.597 --> 00:45:59.050
would you shut down TEŠ?

00:45:59.290 --> 00:46:01.536
Based on the new context?

00:46:01.670 --> 00:46:07.043
We're preparing an exit
from coal mining and TEŠ.

00:46:07.177 --> 00:46:11.996
Our coalition agreement calls
for that, but we need to consider,

00:46:12.150 --> 00:46:15.723
as Germany is doing...
-The coalition agreement also

00:46:15.844 --> 00:46:19.310
calls for the elimination
of supplemental insurance.

00:46:19.450 --> 00:46:22.210
As we close coal mines,
we have to ensure

00:46:22.350 --> 00:46:25.890
a normal transition for people
in the Šalek Valley

00:46:26.057 --> 00:46:28.830
and that we have enough energy
of our own.

00:46:29.003 --> 00:46:31.330
Mr. Mesec, would you
shut down TEŠ?

00:46:31.457 --> 00:46:35.576
The coalition agreement is clear.
We'll shut down TEŠ by 2030.

00:46:35.710 --> 00:46:39.603
This government is planning
at least two terms, so it will

00:46:39.737 --> 00:46:41.337
shut down TEŠ.

00:46:42.603 --> 00:46:46.143
Because the energy market is
no longer functioning,

00:46:46.257 --> 00:46:50.680
and the prices are going
through the roof,

00:46:50.830 --> 00:46:55.843
the government will get involved
in the energy sector.

00:46:56.363 --> 00:47:01.943
Not just your government,
but also the EU government above.

00:47:07.143 --> 00:47:12.436
Just recently, neo-liberals called
this socialism.

00:47:13.123 --> 00:47:17.880
The market needs to be left alone
to self-regulate.

00:47:18.063 --> 00:47:22.183
The market is so democratic that we
don't even need democracy.

00:47:24.057 --> 00:47:29.523
No interventions in the market
are allowed.

00:47:29.863 --> 00:47:33.870
During the financial crisis, we were
not allowed to intervene

00:47:33.983 --> 00:47:38.630
in the market, or the world would
collapse. But now, we'll intervene.

00:47:38.763 --> 00:47:42.703
Does this mean that socialism
is allowed now?

00:47:42.937 --> 00:47:47.423
I have to correct you. This is not
about abolishing the market,

00:47:47.537 --> 00:47:49.840
but about reforming it.

00:47:50.017 --> 00:47:53.863
This means that we alter
the regulatory framework

00:47:54.017 --> 00:48:00.000
to limit the effects of the war
and financial speculators.

00:48:00.190 --> 00:48:04.023
Speculators have destroyed
the energy market in Europe.

00:48:04.157 --> 00:48:08.249
It wasn't Putin in regard to
electricity, but financial

00:48:08.383 --> 00:48:12.670
institutions. By setting up
an appropriate regulatory framework,

00:48:12.843 --> 00:48:16.716
we can prevent such abuses.
The market will still function,

00:48:16.863 --> 00:48:21.570
but within limits. -Ms. Fajon,
to keep people from

00:48:21.710 --> 00:48:27.829
energy poverty, from freezing
to death, and so on,

00:48:28.030 --> 00:48:33.920
we'll call socialism to the rescue.
We'll intervene in the market.

00:48:34.343 --> 00:48:38.223
Where else do we need socialism?
In which markets should

00:48:38.397 --> 00:48:41.443
the government intervene?

00:48:41.703 --> 00:48:45.770
It will apparently intervene
in energy... -We've accomplished

00:48:45.937 --> 00:48:50.510
a lot in the energy sector.
Food is the next step.

00:48:50.977 --> 00:48:55.736
We're seeing a hike in food prices.
We're facing global challenges.

00:48:55.970 --> 00:48:59.930
There are many areas where
we'll need...

00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:03.943
We won't be able to intervene
on the global markets. -No,

00:49:04.090 --> 00:49:08.470
but we need to understand what's
happening globally, how the world

00:49:08.597 --> 00:49:12.496
order is collapsing, and how a small
country like Slovenia

00:49:12.737 --> 00:49:16.370
is vulnerable and dependent
on others.

00:49:16.517 --> 00:49:20.656
That's why it's crucial for us
to understand what's happening

00:49:20.810 --> 00:49:23.210
around us, so we know how
to respond.

00:49:23.343 --> 00:49:30.310
Mr. Mesec, same question. In which
markets should the state intervene?

00:49:31.297 --> 00:49:35.610
As you know, housing is one
of my priorities.

00:49:35.743 --> 00:49:38.250
The market isn't working
here either,

00:49:38.403 --> 00:49:42.363
but I'd like to return to what
the Prime Minister has said.

00:49:42.537 --> 00:49:45.310
When will you start
to build apartments?

00:49:45.443 --> 00:49:47.890
The shovels are ready.

00:49:48.036 --> 00:49:52.600
That shovel metaphor
was used for TEŠ.

00:49:52.743 --> 00:49:56.316
No, I was thinking
of the shock worker campaigns.

00:49:56.437 --> 00:49:59.576
But to return to what the Prime
Minister said,

00:49:59.697 --> 00:50:03.509
the European energy market
needs to be reconstituted.

00:50:03.697 --> 00:50:07.909
This means that the free market
rhetoric was only rhetoric.

00:50:08.030 --> 00:50:11.320
We never had an unregulated
market.

00:50:11.470 --> 00:50:14.756
We will merely regulate it
differently and yes,

00:50:14.877 --> 00:50:19.243
and era that lasted 40 years
is over, and the '20s will be

00:50:19.390 --> 00:50:23.276
a time of transition. -Let's
look at global challenges.

00:50:23.397 --> 00:50:26.330
We see the consequences
of climate change.

00:50:26.456 --> 00:50:29.283
They're getting worse every
year.

00:50:30.437 --> 00:50:34.083
We should be glad that we won't
have oil and gas.

00:50:35.163 --> 00:50:38.070
It's better
for the planet.

00:50:38.350 --> 00:50:41.930
No one is afraid of running
out of oil and gas.

00:50:42.457 --> 00:50:45.876
The problem is that we're
too slow in transitioning

00:50:45.997 --> 00:50:50.656
to renewables. Slovenia
in particular holds the record...

00:50:50.797 --> 00:50:56.950
You have Article 3 of the new law,
which states that companies

00:50:57.090 --> 00:51:02.560
can immediately switch from gas...
-To oil. -To whatever.

00:51:02.723 --> 00:51:07.880
To dirtier fuels, without needing
environmental permits.

00:51:08.090 --> 00:51:11.456
On the other hand... -That's
a temporary measure.

00:51:11.603 --> 00:51:15.480
It doesn't matter. Tell that
to the climate.

00:51:16.190 --> 00:51:20.943
To the planet. -I'll respond.
On the other hand,

00:51:22.130 --> 00:51:25.683
households are waiting months
for permission

00:51:25.870 --> 00:51:29.623
to connect to solar panels.

00:51:29.830 --> 00:51:34.103
They may not get permission,
and the subsidies are gone.

00:51:35.203 --> 00:51:39.643
The subsidies are back.
-Just now?

00:51:39.777 --> 00:51:43.290
But even my mom has to wait
for permission because

00:51:43.450 --> 00:51:45.556
of the weak power grid.

00:51:45.703 --> 00:51:51.623
We could strengthen the power grid
if we choose to do so.

00:51:51.885 --> 00:51:56.202
But I'll return to climate change.
True, during the winter season

00:51:56.323 --> 00:52:02.136
we will use all the available
resources to protect the people

00:52:02.270 --> 00:52:06.270
and the healthy parts
of the economy. This winter.

00:52:06.430 --> 00:52:10.263
At the same time, we'll
substantially increase funds

00:52:10.403 --> 00:52:14.176
for the green transition.
Businesses want the same thing,

00:52:14.323 --> 00:52:18.050
a parallel approach, with measures
for this winter

00:52:18.171 --> 00:52:22.316
and plans for three years
from now.

00:52:22.470 --> 00:52:26.610
These two things must be carried
out at the same time.

00:52:26.770 --> 00:52:31.016
Ms. Fajon, Swedish ecologist
Andreas Malm says that if we

00:52:31.150 --> 00:52:36.600
honestly believe that greenhouse
gasses are destroying the planet

00:52:36.743 --> 00:52:41.790
and endangering out lives, and that
the choice is really

00:52:41.950 --> 00:52:45.483
between the planet and greenhouse
gasses,

00:52:45.670 --> 00:52:52.310
we should blow up all pipelines
ourselves.

00:52:53.290 --> 00:52:57.723
If things were that easy, we would
have solved many things by now.

00:52:57.844 --> 00:53:00.710
Pipelines or the end
of the world.

00:53:00.850 --> 00:53:06.290
I don't agree... -So capitalism
will outlive the world.

00:53:07.477 --> 00:53:10.136
No, no. This is...

00:53:10.770 --> 00:53:14.816
As the Prime Minister said,
we were extremely unambitious

00:53:14.977 --> 00:53:17.562
in terms of alternative
energy sources.

00:53:17.683 --> 00:53:21.663
Will we be strategically,
financially, and scientifically

00:53:21.830 --> 00:53:25.480
capable of preparing for this new
era as a country?

00:53:26.190 --> 00:53:28.750
This will be a big challenge.

00:53:28.871 --> 00:53:31.443
We can all begin by taking
small steps,

00:53:31.577 --> 00:53:35.963
but we're moving forward
with solar panels, subsidies,

00:53:36.090 --> 00:53:44.016
plans for self-sufficiency, and this
has been ongoing.

00:53:45.217 --> 00:53:49.316
What did you wish to say?
-The pipelines have been blown up.

00:53:49.450 --> 00:53:51.050
Putin did that.

00:53:51.817 --> 00:53:56.183
Not really. Some is still
passing through.

00:53:56.317 --> 00:53:59.062
I have to sow some discord
between you.

00:53:59.183 --> 00:54:02.590
Does Slovenia have a problem
with the privatization

00:54:02.757 --> 00:54:04.730
of healthcare?

00:54:04.850 --> 00:54:07.110
We're monitoring
that closely.

00:54:07.283 --> 00:54:12.350
Does the emergency health law
strengthen public healthcare

00:54:12.523 --> 00:54:16.343
or lead to privatization,
as your member Miha Kordiš says?

00:54:16.477 --> 00:54:20.576
I see this law as something
that will establish monitoring

00:54:20.763 --> 00:54:24.996
in healthcare, so we know by whom,
where, and at what price

00:54:25.170 --> 00:54:28.549
health services
are being carried out.

00:54:28.750 --> 00:54:33.200
I see it as a starting point
for debates about healthcare reform.

00:54:33.830 --> 00:54:41.576
Ms. Fajon. -I see it as a step
toward quality public

00:54:41.730 --> 00:54:47.000
healthcare services. -Do we have
problems with privatization?

00:54:47.163 --> 00:54:51.707
With privatization? We have serious
problems with that, and we've

00:54:52.003 --> 00:54:55.896
discussed how to separate the public
from the private,

00:54:56.017 --> 00:54:58.870
so this is a step
in the right direction.

00:54:59.003 --> 00:55:02.156
It's perfectly
simple to separate the two.

00:55:02.310 --> 00:55:05.570
It's not that easy,
but that's what we're doing.

00:55:05.723 --> 00:55:10.563
Mr. Prime Minister, if healthcare
is the pillar of the welfare state,

00:55:10.697 --> 00:55:15.283
how do suppliers and insurers
still have such huge profits?

00:55:16.449 --> 00:55:20.023
They won't have much time left,
but I'd like to return

00:55:20.183 --> 00:55:21.783
to the first part.

00:55:22.277 --> 00:55:25.936
If we want to discuss the effects
of any law,

00:55:26.137 --> 00:55:29.883
we need up to set up a system
of monitoring and measuring

00:55:30.050 --> 00:55:33.703
what is happening, and this law
introduces transparency

00:55:33.863 --> 00:55:37.190
to cases of double-dippers, because
we'll now know

00:55:37.311 --> 00:55:41.823
where and by whom health services
are being carried out.

00:55:41.944 --> 00:55:45.683
The myth of numerous private-
public double-dippers

00:55:45.843 --> 00:55:50.010
will vanish because we'll see
that there aren't quite as many,

00:55:50.150 --> 00:55:53.263
so we'll be able to tackle
this issue.

00:55:53.390 --> 00:55:58.156
Until things are measured,
no effort is worth it.

00:55:59.143 --> 00:56:02.850
Ms. Fajon, there's a shortage
of teachers. Why do people

00:56:02.990 --> 00:56:05.283
no longer want to teach?

00:56:05.457 --> 00:56:09.342
There isn't a single answer,
but they lack good

00:56:09.463 --> 00:56:13.330
working conditions
and stimulation...

00:56:13.617 --> 00:56:17.816
Many people are moving to countries
with better conditions.

00:56:18.010 --> 00:56:21.330
I'd like to take this
in a different direction.

00:56:21.510 --> 00:56:25.430
I don't know which direction...

00:56:25.623 --> 00:56:30.441
Maybe you sense it. In this country,
teachers tend to be humiliated.

00:56:32.897 --> 00:56:37.463
Not just over the past 100 days
or two years... It's not

00:56:37.650 --> 00:56:41.923
Janša's fault, but other
people's too. Teachers remind

00:56:42.057 --> 00:56:45.259
me of women. The same
is being done to them.

00:56:45.380 --> 00:56:49.326
We now have the Fotopub Affair,
a brutal attack on a woman

00:56:49.447 --> 00:56:53.623
in a Maribor park, an attacker
on the Karst Plateau, and so on.

00:56:53.763 --> 00:56:57.963
Is a war on women underway
in Slovenia?

00:56:58.777 --> 00:57:02.550
We've moved from teachers
to women...

00:57:02.710 --> 00:57:04.943
Are women safe in Slovenia?

00:57:05.097 --> 00:57:09.503
I'd say what's happening on social
networks is a bigger challenge.

00:57:09.663 --> 00:57:14.543
We're seeing a war of words
that's poisoning people.

00:57:14.823 --> 00:57:18.830
Because of this, various things
are happening in society.

00:57:18.990 --> 00:57:23.363
The situation has become very
dangerous for politicians,

00:57:23.497 --> 00:57:28.290
ordinary people, and the media,
because we're all falling for this

00:57:28.437 --> 00:57:32.457
hateful and intolerant
rhetorical approach.

00:57:33.277 --> 00:57:37.463
What do you intend to do? Should
only the police get involved

00:57:37.617 --> 00:57:41.349
or should politicians create
a less toxic environment?

00:57:41.470 --> 00:57:44.869
We are doing just that.
It's one of our priorities.

00:57:44.990 --> 00:57:49.430
We are entering into respectful
dialog with all groups,

00:57:49.670 --> 00:57:53.642
especially the public but also
between us.

00:57:53.763 --> 00:58:00.560
I'll talk more about this later, but
there's no alternative to respect.

00:58:01.110 --> 00:58:04.963
Mr. Mesec? -During the first 100
days of this government,

00:58:05.084 --> 00:58:09.110
I haven't noticed anyone
raise their voice,

00:58:09.290 --> 00:58:16.857
threaten anyone, or swear. We are
sitting here in a relaxed

00:58:17.003 --> 00:58:21.723
atmosphere and laughing.
If there's anything we can do

00:58:21.877 --> 00:58:24.676
to improve the atmosphere,
it's this.

00:58:24.870 --> 00:58:27.703
We have to lead
by example.

00:58:27.830 --> 00:58:31.816
You would enact mandatory
Christmas bonuses, Mr. Mesec?

00:58:31.937 --> 00:58:35.510
Would you also enact a mandatory
13th pension payment?

00:58:35.637 --> 00:58:38.523
I'll start with
the Christmas bonus.

00:58:38.644 --> 00:58:42.776
I proposed that at a meeting
with employers and craftspeople.

00:58:43.110 --> 00:58:47.456
I hear that half of the audience
then left Slovenia.

00:58:47.643 --> 00:58:51.696
But I'm surprised that Boscarol
didn't purchase a multiplex

00:58:51.870 --> 00:58:55.083
in Italy, but in Ljubljana.

00:58:55.237 --> 00:58:58.776
It's interesting that I said that
in my introduction.

00:58:58.897 --> 00:59:01.836
We then spent an hour
chatting amicably.

00:59:01.950 --> 00:59:06.483
But in the media, it seems that
I started a war there.

00:59:06.650 --> 00:59:10.770
We have to ask
ourselves

00:59:10.937 --> 00:59:18.043
how to paint a calm, accurate
picture of what's going on.

00:59:18.283 --> 00:59:21.183
We often find ourselves
in a hysteria,

00:59:21.377 --> 00:59:24.670
and such rhetoric has very real
consequences.

00:59:24.837 --> 00:59:28.397
We don't have much time,
so give me a quick answer:

00:59:28.517 --> 00:59:31.930
mandatory Christmas bonuses,
yes or no?

00:59:33.037 --> 00:59:37.996
Luka didn't reply. -He didn't
want to. He had two minutes.

00:59:38.117 --> 00:59:41.976
I can answer that.
-The Prime Minister will reply.

00:59:42.097 --> 00:59:45.196
I think Christmas bonuses
are a very good idea,

00:59:45.383 --> 00:59:48.609
even mandatory ones, but it's
true that companies

00:59:48.757 --> 00:59:52.936
must afford that. And when we
restructure the economy,

00:59:53.057 --> 00:59:57.536
this will become possible.
-what about the 13th pension?

00:59:57.830 --> 01:00:02.350
We need to have the Christmas bonus
first because then we'll have

01:00:02.503 --> 01:00:06.663
a working economy that creates...
-Do you know how many voters

01:00:06.890 --> 01:00:11.190
this covers? There are 600,000
retirees. -We'll take care of them

01:00:11.311 --> 01:00:15.819
in other ways, but we have to create
value first, and when we do that,

01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:20.310
we can reward workers and have
enough money for the welfare state.

01:00:20.463 --> 01:00:23.836
Inflation is high; the fiscal
place is contracting.

01:00:23.957 --> 01:00:26.157
Will you introduce property
taxes?

01:00:26.278 --> 01:00:30.124
Not for some time. We announced
the debate for next year,

01:00:30.263 --> 01:00:33.530
so this may be on the table
for 2024.

01:00:33.723 --> 01:00:37.176
Ms. Fajon, why did Serbian
President Vučić embarrass

01:00:37.337 --> 01:00:40.236
President Pahor during
a friendly meeting?

01:00:40.410 --> 01:00:45.076
I thought Vučić was Janša's friend
and that Janša was Pahor's friend,

01:00:45.217 --> 01:00:50.770
so Vučić wouldn't do that,
especially not in public.

01:00:50.891 --> 01:00:52.810
I think
it was uncalled for.

01:00:52.931 --> 01:00:56.230
I don't think this was
the first time. We're used

01:00:56.383 --> 01:01:00.416
to such statements from Serbia.
Sometimes out of contexts,

01:01:00.537 --> 01:01:04.156
sometimes on purpose. But it's right
that the President

01:01:04.277 --> 01:01:06.883
and the Foreign Ministry both
responded.

01:01:07.063 --> 01:01:11.163
We have to stress that when
Slovenian interests are concerned,

01:01:11.317 --> 01:01:14.996
they need to be protected.
It was an absurd statement,

01:01:15.183 --> 01:01:19.163
but our relations are good.
The Serbian President is coming

01:01:19.284 --> 01:01:23.316
to Slovenia Monday and will
say more. -He'll repeat that we

01:01:23.477 --> 01:01:26.229
violated Serbia's integrity.
-Undoubtedly.

01:01:26.350 --> 01:01:31.263
But President Pahor will soon
be unemployed.

01:01:31.463 --> 01:01:35.583
Will he become an envoy
for the Western Balkans?

01:01:35.737 --> 01:01:39.896
You have to ask him.
-He's also yours a little bit.

01:01:41.397 --> 01:01:46.836
Mr. Mesec, will the government
purchase armored vehicles?

01:01:51.550 --> 01:01:56.440
Will it buy armored vehicles?
-The right addressee is there.

01:01:56.590 --> 01:02:00.616
You know my opinion.
-Armored vehicles or territorial...

01:02:01.070 --> 01:02:04.563
We're conducting an audit
of the purchase carried out

01:02:04.697 --> 01:02:08.890
by the previous government,
and I'm confident

01:02:09.063 --> 01:02:13.360
that we'll decide not to go
ahead with the purchase.

01:02:14.423 --> 01:02:20.003
I have an unpleasant question
for the very end.

01:02:21.730 --> 01:02:26.430
What if Giorgia Meloni
and the Brothers of Italy Party

01:02:26.623 --> 01:02:30.523
win in Italy? It's swarming
with neo-Fascists.

01:02:30.690 --> 01:02:34.663
This year will mark the 100th
anniversary of the Fascist

01:02:34.817 --> 01:02:39.050
March on Rome, and we Slovenians
became the first victims

01:02:39.210 --> 01:02:42.790
of Fascism, bot just in Europe,
but globally.

01:02:46.430 --> 01:02:51.130
This isn't impossible. We've
all seen what has happened,

01:02:51.343 --> 01:02:54.723
and this is a consequence
of all the turbulence.

01:02:54.890 --> 01:02:58.950
It probably won't be the first
government in Europe

01:02:59.110 --> 01:03:02.683
to change. Others will also fall
or face challenges.

01:03:02.814 --> 01:03:06.170
It won't be good. This is
a neighboring country

01:03:06.290 --> 01:03:08.936
and no one wants Fascism
or nationalism.

01:03:09.077 --> 01:03:12.316
Mr. Golob, you're from
the border. -I won't joke

01:03:12.437 --> 01:03:16.510
because this is serious.
We're monitoring it closely,

01:03:16.977 --> 01:03:20.623
and we're concerned. But what
we were able to do

01:03:20.744 --> 01:03:24.376
was to sweep in front of our
own front door first.

01:03:30.183 --> 01:03:34.403
When will the wire on the border
with Croatia be removed?

01:03:34.643 --> 01:03:37.910
It's already being removed.

01:03:38.097 --> 01:03:43.410
I was quite a task, but we are
keeping our promise.

01:03:44.283 --> 01:03:47.937
Much of the wire fence is gone,
as are the panels...

01:03:48.256 --> 01:03:54.640
We're working on a humane country,
and that includes our borders.

01:03:54.803 --> 01:03:58.596
Will you solve the issue
of arbitration with Croatia?

01:03:58.770 --> 01:04:03.276
There's nothing new there.
The arbitration decision is valid,

01:04:03.483 --> 01:04:07.003
as are its implementation
and the Schengen Agreement.

01:04:07.163 --> 01:04:11.156
Mr. Prime Minister, do we still
have relations with Hungary

01:04:11.297 --> 01:04:14.070
or is everything
done though lawyers now?

01:04:14.217 --> 01:04:18.470
I haven't met with any lawyers yet.
We need to have relations

01:04:18.657 --> 01:04:23.923
with all our neighbors, but they
should stop at the border.

01:04:24.070 --> 01:04:29.723
We shouldn't have to deal with
our neighbors in the domestic arena.

01:04:31.537 --> 01:04:34.800
You didn't turn on
the countdown clock.

01:04:35.157 --> 01:04:39.423
I don't even know what it says here.

01:04:39.577 --> 01:04:43.076
This is my last question.

01:04:43.190 --> 01:04:47.243
In the building on Linhartova owned
by the state's DUTB,

01:04:47.723 --> 01:04:50.156
a new autonomous zone
is being set up

01:04:50.297 --> 01:04:52.630
in the spirit of the one
in Rog.

01:04:52.770 --> 01:04:55.803
Will the state let it live?

01:04:56.357 --> 01:04:59.470
At the moment, the state
is letting it live.

01:04:59.617 --> 01:05:03.370
I haven't noticed
any conflicts.

01:05:03.523 --> 01:05:06.363
I've responded to their
statement.

01:05:06.676 --> 01:05:10.036
But it's true, and I'll say
it directly, that until

01:05:10.183 --> 01:05:16.280
there is a socially justified
purpose defined for this building,

01:05:16.423 --> 01:05:21.783
it's right that a community
is living there.

01:05:21.983 --> 01:05:25.690
Will you... -But if and when
this building is set aside

01:05:25.817 --> 01:05:30.270
for something in the public
interest, such as apartments,

01:05:30.597 --> 01:05:36.496
I will expect the understanding
of the community

01:05:36.803 --> 01:05:41.683
and that it finds its home in some
other abandoned building

01:05:41.910 --> 01:05:48.463
because no one is above the law.
I'm not either. Janez Janša

01:05:48.610 --> 01:05:52.590
repeatedly put himself above
the law, but we won't do that.

01:05:52.797 --> 01:05:57.276
If this is true for us, it must
be true for everyone in Slovenia.

01:05:58.250 --> 01:06:01.250
Just to see
if I understand you correctly.

01:06:01.543 --> 01:06:06.683
Your government will let
this autonomous zone live,

01:06:06.823 --> 01:06:09.643
but it won't allow
DUTB to live.

01:06:10.490 --> 01:06:13.896
It's not quite true. DUTB is being
merged with SDH

01:06:14.077 --> 01:06:18.343
and will continue its existence...
-You prefer the zone to DUTB.

01:06:18.523 --> 01:06:20.843
Actually, yes.
Here we go.

01:06:21.290 --> 01:06:22.890
Thank you very much.

01:06:32.977 --> 01:06:37.830
It was worth waiting
for the final question.

01:06:38.330 --> 01:06:43.396
I now invite Prime Minister
Robert Golob to take the stage

01:06:43.517 --> 01:06:47.110
and share his concluding remarks
on the first 100 days

01:06:47.223 --> 01:06:52.417
of the government and what's
in store for the future.

01:06:53.483 --> 01:07:00.040
Dear colleagues, MPs, the press.

01:07:00.930 --> 01:07:04.676
My voice is weak today. I screamed
too loudly yesterday,

01:07:04.863 --> 01:07:08.516
but it was worth it,
and I hope to repeat it.

01:07:11.917 --> 01:07:16.243
Marcel scattered my thoughts,
so I have to get them together.

01:07:17.043 --> 01:07:21.556
Nine months ago,

01:07:21.710 --> 01:07:26.236
I was asked why I wanted
to go into politics.

01:07:26.737 --> 01:07:31.250
Are you looking for revenge
or something else?

01:07:31.750 --> 01:07:37.483
I said that I would enter politics
because I wanted

01:07:37.603 --> 01:07:40.623
Slovenia's political culture
to be different.

01:07:40.797 --> 01:07:45.030
I determined that it was too toxic
to benefit people.

01:07:45.910 --> 01:07:50.076
I wished, even back then,
for politicians to talk

01:07:50.197 --> 01:07:53.323
to each other in a respectful
manner and joke

01:07:53.444 --> 01:07:57.496
at their own expense. Even when
discussing serious subjects.

01:07:57.637 --> 01:08:01.330
No one believed that,
least of all the press.

01:08:02.557 --> 01:08:06.723
They asked me how I could
change the political culture.

01:08:06.877 --> 01:08:11.320
I kept repeating one thing:
by being respectful in dialog.

01:08:11.970 --> 01:08:14.596
Respect, respect, respect.

01:08:15.116 --> 01:08:18.996
And wouldn't you know,
after 100 days of the government,

01:08:19.117 --> 01:08:21.476
we enjoy record trust
by the people.

01:08:21.597 --> 01:08:25.050
Yes, we're competent
and hard-working,

01:08:25.190 --> 01:08:29.216
but we're trusted because we changed
the political culture.

01:08:29.357 --> 01:08:33.043
We showed to people that things
can be done differently.

01:08:33.190 --> 01:08:37.609
Not just better, but differently.
We don't need to sow discord

01:08:37.777 --> 01:08:40.510
or to create crises
where none exist.

01:08:41.437 --> 01:08:45.723
And we certainly shouldn't
put politics above the people.

01:08:45.830 --> 01:08:48.869
For me, this respect
is the foundation

01:08:49.130 --> 01:08:52.056
and the primary achievement
of these 100 days.

01:08:52.177 --> 01:08:55.329
It's non-material, so it's hard
to ascertain...

01:08:55.537 --> 01:08:59.536
except in polls, where it can
be seen. Because of respect.

01:09:00.650 --> 01:09:05.376
If we realize this, we also realize
that we will continue on this path.

01:09:05.597 --> 01:09:08.569
This isn't just a matter
of one person,

01:09:08.750 --> 01:09:12.176
so I'm grateful that all of you
here today

01:09:12.317 --> 01:09:16.976
have embraced this respect. OK,
some of you are getting used to it.

01:09:17.097 --> 01:09:20.262
But you embraced it as
a <i>modus operandi</i>, even if

01:09:20.383 --> 01:09:25.176
we have differing views.
It's logical that we have them.

01:09:25.303 --> 01:09:27.323
Diversity enriches us.

01:09:27.503 --> 01:09:31.583
Respect is the antithesis
of what we saw before.

01:09:32.710 --> 01:09:37.256
And I think that's the right
response to what is happening

01:09:37.490 --> 01:09:40.670
in our neighborhood and what
the various crises

01:09:40.797 --> 01:09:42.477
are bringing our way.

01:09:43.603 --> 01:09:49.640
As you heard, we had a lot of
work over the past 100 days,

01:09:49.790 --> 01:09:52.616
but we were essentially
getting ready.

01:09:52.757 --> 01:09:56.960
We didn't hide that. We were
preparing for the autumn.

01:09:57.130 --> 01:10:02.329
Our main goal was to be prepared
and we are.

01:10:03.097 --> 01:10:07.870
I can't resist the comparison since
I was at the game last night,

01:10:08.077 --> 01:10:13.000
but we're prepared just like
our basketball and volleyball

01:10:13.117 --> 01:10:16.863
players, who are winning.

01:10:17.910 --> 01:10:21.963
I wish we could learn something
from them.

01:10:23.210 --> 01:10:27.716
In addition to respect. Namely
that you win when you work together.

01:10:27.823 --> 01:10:31.149
In team sports,
and politics is a team sport,

01:10:31.270 --> 01:10:35.436
it's not the individual who wins.
It helps to have Luka Dončić,

01:10:35.577 --> 01:10:37.849
but he also needs to have
a break.

01:10:38.043 --> 01:10:40.383
It's always teams
that win.

01:10:40.523 --> 01:10:43.789
And this team can keep
winning,

01:10:44.150 --> 01:10:47.283
as long as its united
and motivated.

01:10:47.770 --> 01:10:52.703
One of the telling things
from yesterday

01:10:53.410 --> 01:10:57.889
is when our guys came together.
Not at the start of the first set,

01:10:58.037 --> 01:11:01.583
when they didn't know that their
opponent was strong,

01:11:01.757 --> 01:11:06.136
but when they were defeated in
that set, they showed their passion

01:11:06.297 --> 01:11:08.243
and their team spirit.

01:11:08.897 --> 01:11:11.683
When you face a tough opponent,

01:11:12.230 --> 01:11:16.736
you're the most motivated as a team.
I believe this also motivates

01:11:16.883 --> 01:11:20.483
our team. Tough adversaries.

01:11:20.590 --> 01:11:24.316
And if someone thought of Janez
Janša and SDS, nope.

01:11:24.937 --> 01:11:28.730
The opposition isn't our adversary,
much less an enemy.

01:11:28.970 --> 01:11:34.370
Climate change is our adversary.
As are fires.

01:11:34.923 --> 01:11:39.429
That's why we will change
the aerial firefighting system

01:11:39.757 --> 01:11:44.296
and reward the selfless
work of firefighters.

01:11:45.394 --> 01:11:48.097
Drought is also
our adversary.

01:11:48.480 --> 01:11:51.865
That's why we will connect
our water supply system

01:11:52.029 --> 01:11:54.100
to make it resilient
to drought.

01:11:54.221 --> 01:11:57.702
We will install irrigation systems
to make our farms

01:11:57.880 --> 01:12:00.198
more resilient
to drought.

01:12:00.417 --> 01:12:04.632
Inflation is our adversary
and our enemy.

01:12:05.433 --> 01:12:09.677
That's why we will provide
assistance to the most vulnerable

01:12:09.855 --> 01:12:15.000
and limit the prices
of food and energy

01:12:16.714 --> 01:12:19.936
to wage war on inflation.

01:12:20.111 --> 01:12:23.451
The hike in energy prices
is our enemy.

01:12:23.896 --> 01:12:27.975
It creates inflation and represents
the biggest danger

01:12:28.153 --> 01:12:33.301
for Europe's economy
 at the moment.

01:12:33.504 --> 01:12:38.143
If Europe enters a recession, it'll
be because of the energy crisis,

01:12:38.264 --> 01:12:42.109
which began before Ukraine,
continued with Ukraine,

01:12:42.266 --> 01:12:46.864
and has reached an unprecedented
scope. We're declaring war against

01:12:46.985 --> 01:12:52.088
it together with the opposition.
Heathcare corruption is our enemy.

01:12:53.531 --> 01:12:59.930
A system that will monitor who
is doing what, where, how much,

01:13:00.153 --> 01:13:04.375
and in what way will help us
wage a war against corruption.

01:13:04.583 --> 01:13:08.464
Professional oversight of
healthcare services is the key.

01:13:08.738 --> 01:13:11.278
Covid is our enemy.

01:13:11.431 --> 01:13:15.215
But we'll fight it
as an open society.

01:13:15.386 --> 01:13:17.780
We're not afraid
of it.

01:13:17.929 --> 01:13:19.750
We're stronger
than it is.

01:13:19.847 --> 01:13:24.795
We'll protect the most vulnerable,
while facing the disease head-on.

01:13:26.707 --> 01:13:30.610
Hate speech
is our enemy.

01:13:31.314 --> 01:13:36.025
We'll declare war on hate speech
as well, and we'll drive it out.

01:13:37.270 --> 01:13:40.381
We want to live in a country
where we all

01:13:40.781 --> 01:13:48.736
brothers and sisters
because we respect each other.

01:13:50.251 --> 01:13:54.451
We want to live in a country
where we all respect each other,

01:13:54.600 --> 01:13:57.347
even if we have our differences.

01:13:57.997 --> 01:14:01.975
And so, thank you again
for all the work you've done.

01:14:02.960 --> 01:14:09.789
I call on you to join forces
for the next 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10...

01:14:09.989 --> 01:14:16.368
It doesn't matter. Or forever,
so that we fight for a single goal,

01:14:17.326 --> 01:14:21.362
for prosperity of all citizens.

01:14:22.177 --> 01:14:24.369
For Slovenia!

01:14:45.953 --> 01:14:50.641
Thank you,
Prime Minister.

01:14:52.134 --> 01:14:56.289
Now it's time for questions
from journalists

01:14:56.449 --> 01:14:59.760
for all three presidents
of coalition parties,

01:15:00.234 --> 01:15:05.175
who can tell us what they did
during these 100 days

01:15:05.375 --> 01:15:08.130
and what they're planning
in the future.

01:15:08.268 --> 01:15:12.965
Other ministers will be available
for statements after the event.

01:15:13.462 --> 01:15:17.321
I ask all journalists
to introduce themselves,

01:15:17.442 --> 01:15:22.282
state their affiliations,
and stand up.

01:15:22.437 --> 01:15:26.292
Anže Božič and Metka Majer
from POP TV have already

01:15:26.441 --> 01:15:29.480
signed up, so I ask Anže
to stand up.

01:15:30.543 --> 01:15:34.542
A short comment for
the Prime Minister to start off:

01:15:34.663 --> 01:15:38.909
You say that the government
has the highest support according

01:15:39.080 --> 01:15:43.037
to polls. This is true, but that's
during the summer break.

01:15:43.158 --> 01:15:46.648
We weren't on vacation
and you know that full well.

01:15:46.769 --> 01:15:49.282
I'm more interested
in something else.

01:15:49.403 --> 01:15:53.618
You began your 100 days
as a team of 17 ministers,

01:15:53.825 --> 01:15:57.276
but you had announced
a team of 20.

01:15:57.491 --> 01:16:02.600
You experienced a political
block. Will you now proceed

01:16:02.721 --> 01:16:09.052
as a 17-minister team and has
the initial plan of a 20-minister

01:16:09.252 --> 01:16:16.761
team been dropped? Secondly,
you mentioned you were working

01:16:16.969 --> 01:16:22.368
with NSi on constitutional
changes. Can you be more specific

01:16:22.531 --> 01:16:26.683
and are you talking about
changes to the electoral system?

01:16:26.971 --> 01:16:32.280
As for the team, all 20 ministers
are in effect members

01:16:32.720 --> 01:16:34.835
of our team today.

01:16:35.428 --> 01:16:40.776
Even though their formal positions
may be lower, all ministers

01:16:40.940 --> 01:16:44.961
are working in the government,
and this tells you everything

01:16:45.082 --> 01:16:50.054
about this team. We don’t care
about political prestige.

01:16:50.803 --> 01:16:55.091
The number of ministers
is irrelevant from the perspective

01:16:55.269 --> 01:17:00.485
of this government. We will,
of course, insist on the law

01:17:00.640 --> 01:17:05.551
because we will it will enable us
to focus on the important things,

01:17:05.789 --> 01:17:09.825
development issues. The new
ministries are intended for those

01:17:09.946 --> 01:17:14.234
challenges, not for the management
of current conditions.

01:17:14.686 --> 01:17:19.938
As for constitutional changes,
that dialog is barely underway.

01:17:20.209 --> 01:17:25.282
All parties are invited to join
the debate, but each one will have

01:17:25.497 --> 01:17:31.087
its own agenda. As far as
the coalition is concerned,

01:17:31.303 --> 01:17:37.254
electoral changes are something
we want to tackle,

01:17:37.388 --> 01:17:41.229
and if we find enough understanding
with the opposition,

01:17:41.408 --> 01:17:44.526
we'll gladly move in that
direction.

01:17:44.645 --> 01:17:47.778
I won't comment on behalf
of the other parties,

01:17:47.919 --> 01:17:51.170
but I will comment on
behalf of the coalition.

01:17:52.023 --> 01:17:56.541
I'm optimistic that we will resolve
at least two or three areas

01:17:56.719 --> 01:17:58.399
this autumn or winter.

01:17:59.986 --> 01:18:03.126
Thank you. Metka Majer.

01:18:03.793 --> 01:18:08.444
As you said, Mr. Golob,
the government wasn't on vacation,

01:18:08.623 --> 01:18:13.511
but the parliament was.
The extraordinary sessions

01:18:13.726 --> 01:18:18.415
did take place for a day or two.
Parliament has also been active

01:18:18.623 --> 01:18:26.595
for more than 100 days. That's where
your power of 21 MPs comes from.

01:18:27.189 --> 01:18:31.247
Today, you're presenting
the achievements of your cabinet

01:18:31.418 --> 01:18:34.347
team, but what about the work
of Parliament?

01:18:34.533 --> 01:18:38.229
We haven't had a regular
session yet, so we haven't

01:18:38.437 --> 01:18:42.784
had MP questions for the ministers
or the Prime Minister. It seems

01:18:42.969 --> 01:18:47.813
that you're functioning as
a well-oiled voting machine,

01:18:47.954 --> 01:18:51.395
with the occasional exception
of the Left.

01:18:51.529 --> 01:18:58.440
Do these 41 MPs meet your
expectations?

01:18:58.837 --> 01:19:04.170
And will Parliament get more
involved in policies

01:19:04.334 --> 01:19:08.052
addressing price hikes
and other issues?

01:19:08.274 --> 01:19:14.022
I'll answer directly. 53 MPs meet
my expectations completely.

01:19:15.308 --> 01:19:20.204
Just to be clear. And not just
mine but, I believe, all of ours.

01:19:21.669 --> 01:19:26.201
As for integration, yes,
the situation tended to be hectic

01:19:26.372 --> 01:19:31.280
at first because we had to prepare
for what's coming.

01:19:32.031 --> 01:19:37.109
On the other hand, Parliament
also had plenty of work

01:19:37.695 --> 01:19:43.669
with the trash scattered around
by others who had not yet realized

01:19:43.795 --> 01:19:47.222
that cooperation is the key
toward a better future.

01:19:47.386 --> 01:19:51.689
I believe this has now changed
and that the work in Parliament

01:19:51.830 --> 01:19:55.078
will now take place
with fewer obstacles

01:19:55.293 --> 01:19:58.544
and more constructively.
That makes us happy.

01:19:58.723 --> 01:20:02.120
The laws introduced
earlier by Minister Kumer

01:20:02.394 --> 01:20:06.869
are proof that we have all matured
somewhat during these 100 days

01:20:07.210 --> 01:20:10.543
and that we'll serve
the people better.

01:20:10.997 --> 01:20:17.343
I'm more optimistic than the media
but you've seen many bad things,

01:20:17.503 --> 01:20:20.576
while we are new ad have
the right to optimism.

01:20:20.710 --> 01:20:23.563
Thank you. Next question,
ma'am.

01:20:23.703 --> 01:20:30.160
Lea Kalc Furlanič, <i>Demokracija.</i>
We're both new here.

01:20:30.697 --> 01:20:34.880
I'm in a better location.
-that's fine.

01:20:38.277 --> 01:20:42.283
Mr. Prime Minister, you set aside
more than €40 million

01:20:42.430 --> 01:20:48.389
for business to weather
the energy crisis.

01:20:50.423 --> 01:20:57.816
At the same time, the managers
at Gen-I

01:20:58.550 --> 01:21:05.363
gave yourself €20 million
in bonuses for 2021.

01:21:06.517 --> 01:21:09.496
Are you sure about that?

01:21:09.657 --> 01:21:12.476
In light of this,

01:21:12.597 --> 01:21:17.300
don't you feel that the assistance
to business

01:21:18.076 --> 01:21:24.383
is somewhat... low?

01:21:25.390 --> 01:21:29.759
I have another question,
if I may.

01:21:29.985 --> 01:21:35.020
You said you would donate
your entire bonus,

01:21:35.469 --> 01:21:39.668
in the amount of €1.9 million,

01:21:40.540 --> 01:21:43.340
to charity.

01:21:43.512 --> 01:21:48.190
Have you done that
and to whom will you donate it?

01:21:49.320 --> 01:21:51.665
I'll start
at the end.

01:21:52.087 --> 01:21:55.608
When I decided to enter politics
in January, I signed

01:21:55.766 --> 01:22:00.433
a notarized statement and not
not a single euro is at my disposal.

01:22:00.761 --> 01:22:04.112
If and when the bonus
will be paid out,

01:22:04.308 --> 01:22:08.640
and that's not my decision to make,

01:22:08.775 --> 01:22:12.126
it will be handed out
to nine charities.

01:22:12.472 --> 01:22:16.193
I said back in January why
I wouldn't reveal them; maybe

01:22:16.321 --> 01:22:19.146
the bonus won't be paid.
And in that case,

01:22:19.255 --> 01:22:25.000
I don't want to create expectations
about money they may not see.

01:22:27.462 --> 01:22:30.437
The bonus you mentioned

01:22:30.994 --> 01:22:34.061
is a part of the same
story for which you claim

01:22:34.231 --> 01:22:39.570
it was paid out. You're wrong.
No bonuses have been paid out.

01:22:39.763 --> 01:22:43.799
I'm almost sure they'll never
be paid, and that's unfortunate

01:22:43.969 --> 01:22:46.077
for the charities,
not for me.

01:22:46.223 --> 01:22:50.259
But that's a minor detail.
The economy is more important.

01:22:50.921 --> 01:22:54.538
Businesses received €40 million
in direct assistance

01:22:54.678 --> 01:22:58.158
as part of the first law.
Why €40 million?

01:22:58.304 --> 01:23:02.346
That's how much was available
and we considered it sufficient

01:23:02.474 --> 01:23:04.316
when the law was prepared.

01:23:04.432 --> 01:23:08.996
In the meantime, the electricity
market collapsed completely.

01:23:09.223 --> 01:23:14.881
The needs grew, which we discussed
at the Chamber of Commerce.

01:23:15.520 --> 01:23:21.400
You could have heard me mention
that the amount we're talking about,

01:23:22.483 --> 01:23:27.616
€1.1 billion for households,
€1.5 billion for the liquidity

01:23:27.879 --> 01:23:34.440
of energy companies, and
likely €1.5 for business.

01:23:35.230 --> 01:23:38.533
You can compare that
with neighboring countries,

01:23:38.660 --> 01:23:43.866
and you'll see we conceived it well,
not just in comparison with Gen-I.

01:23:45.252 --> 01:23:50.591
There are things that can always
be portrayed in a weird light,

01:23:50.711 --> 01:23:54.934
but things are clear here.
We're not hiding in the shadows.

01:23:55.316 --> 01:23:59.219
Anyone else? Gregor
Dernovšek, TV Slovenia.

01:23:59.445 --> 01:24:04.159
A factual question
for all three.

01:24:04.379 --> 01:24:07.724
What are the biggest pluses
and the biggest minuses

01:24:07.845 --> 01:24:10.215
of the government's
first 100 days?

01:24:10.341 --> 01:24:13.837
And I'm confused, Ms. Fajon,
on Saturday you said

01:24:14.020 --> 01:24:18.491
you were thinking of a presidential
candidate, then the party said

01:24:18.631 --> 01:24:22.020
you won't have one, but you
seemed a bit undecided.

01:24:22.148 --> 01:24:26.742
Can you finally reveal your party's
decision and give a quick comment

01:24:26.894 --> 01:24:30.942
on the situation
at RTV Slovenia?

01:24:33.645 --> 01:24:39.341
I won't say anything conclusive
about the presidential election,

01:24:39.943 --> 01:24:44.289
because there's no need for that
today, but the party presidency

01:24:44.405 --> 01:24:48.280
has made it clear that we don't
have a candidate of our own

01:24:48.441 --> 01:24:52.913
and are currently not supporting
any candidate.

01:24:53.036 --> 01:24:56.660
But the processes are ongoing,
talks are in progress,

01:24:56.824 --> 01:25:00.806
and there are different dynamics
in play, so time will tell.

01:25:00.934 --> 01:25:04.691
But the choice is already good,
so many of our members

01:25:04.813 --> 01:25:07.413
are already supporting
some candidate.

01:25:07.542 --> 01:25:11.453
Regarding the situation
at RTV Slovenia,

01:25:11.575 --> 01:25:15.986
I can state as a former
reporter that there has

01:25:16.138 --> 01:25:19.972
been such a horrific political
pogrom at that institution

01:25:20.124 --> 01:25:23.226
in the history
of our country.

01:25:23.639 --> 01:25:27.116
It's entirely unacceptable
and tragic for our country

01:25:27.213 --> 01:25:29.362
and for our public broadcaster.

01:25:29.496 --> 01:25:34.289
I hope we'll be able to get politics
out of the broadcaster's management

01:25:34.393 --> 01:25:39.559
as soon as possible, but not
as quickly as we had wanted.

01:25:39.680 --> 01:25:42.304
So I'm grateful to all
the journalists

01:25:42.456 --> 01:25:45.237
who are defending their
profession

01:25:45.395 --> 01:25:50.195
and trying to provide the public
with credible information

01:25:50.580 --> 01:25:52.737
that the people deserve.

01:25:52.858 --> 01:25:56.673
The first question
was about achievements.

01:25:56.808 --> 01:25:59.280
I believe much
has been said already.

01:25:59.408 --> 01:26:03.215
I'll respond as the head
of the party, not as a minister.

01:26:03.355 --> 01:26:06.991
Our priority was to address
the hike in energy prices,

01:26:07.137 --> 01:26:09.748
to tackle the healthcare system,

01:26:09.929 --> 01:26:14.582
to encourage quality
public services,

01:26:14.703 --> 01:26:18.117
to strengthen the welfare
state, to return a sense

01:26:18.238 --> 01:26:25.285
of normalcy, respect, and dialog
to the state and to society,

01:26:25.383 --> 01:26:29.562
to start a dialog with the labor
unions, with various agents,

01:26:29.738 --> 01:26:32.999
and, most significantly,
with civil society.

01:26:33.611 --> 01:26:35.211
Luka Mesec.

01:26:36.162 --> 01:26:38.943
I'll start with
the first question.

01:26:39.150 --> 01:26:43.800
I'm pleasantly
surprised

01:26:44.115 --> 01:26:47.369
by how the entire cabinet
began to tackle

01:26:47.509 --> 01:26:54.083
their ministerial responsibilities.
I believe it's obvious everywhere

01:26:54.248 --> 01:26:57.507
that we've been able
to calm the situation

01:26:57.628 --> 01:27:00.452
compared to what we had
before April 24.

01:27:00.595 --> 01:27:04.401
My acquaintances told me
how they felt a constant tension

01:27:04.577 --> 01:27:10.120
before then. After the new
government took office,

01:27:10.302 --> 01:27:13.036
that tension went away
in an instant.

01:27:13.186 --> 01:27:16.797
We'll do everything we
can to continue in that spirit.

01:27:16.970 --> 01:27:21.424
The government has shown itself
to be unafraid of challenges.

01:27:21.545 --> 01:27:27.640
The price hikes didn't
surprise us in any way,

01:27:27.758 --> 01:27:31.497
nor did it derail us. We're taking
proportionate actions

01:27:31.643 --> 01:27:34.735
as we go along. We're not
wasting public funds,

01:27:34.881 --> 01:27:39.558
but rather using targeted measures
to help people weather this crisis

01:27:39.698 --> 01:27:42.746
as painlessly
as possible.

01:27:42.880 --> 01:27:47.200
Those are the pluses.
As for the biggest challenges,

01:27:47.345 --> 01:27:52.266
when our initial work is done,
we need to build

01:27:52.456 --> 01:27:56.722
not just a coalition between us,
but a coalition with society.

01:27:56.892 --> 01:28:01.843
The government as a whole and I
believe in inclusiveness,

01:28:01.964 --> 01:28:06.286
both political inclusiveness and
the inclusiveness of institutions.

01:28:06.407 --> 01:28:10.142
In the course of a single term,
we can build a society

01:28:10.276 --> 01:28:14.585
with a completely different
atmosphere to what we've seen.

01:28:14.944 --> 01:28:18.526
As for the situation at RTV,
I see it as a reflection

01:28:18.685 --> 01:28:24.086
of current circumstances,
as the Indian Summer

01:28:24.219 --> 01:28:26.576
of the previous government,

01:28:27.145 --> 01:28:32.089
which has made its move
to the public broadcaster.

01:28:32.253 --> 01:28:35.749
I'm saddened
by what's happening there,

01:28:35.888 --> 01:28:39.499
and what you
journalists must deal with.

01:28:39.782 --> 01:28:44.157
I regret that as the government
or as political parties,

01:28:44.453 --> 01:28:49.233
we have absolutely no means
to end that

01:28:49.586 --> 01:28:52.575
before the referendum.
After the referendum,

01:28:52.763 --> 01:28:57.246
I promise we'll do everything
to make us breathe easier,

01:28:57.404 --> 01:29:01.537
just as the rest of the country
is now breathing easier.

01:29:01.713 --> 01:29:03.393
And the Prime Minister.

01:29:06.311 --> 01:29:10.760
I've listed the positives,
and the Deputy Prime Ministers

01:29:10.881 --> 01:29:15.185
responded comprehensively. I won't
give long answers because this

01:29:15.337 --> 01:29:18.819
is a Q&amp;A session. As for
the minuses, that's RTV.

01:29:18.940 --> 01:29:22.928
It's the only minus
I see. And this legal

01:29:23.092 --> 01:29:29.040
impotence to fix things
that are clear to anyone

01:29:29.827 --> 01:29:34.553
and that require action,
but are legally outside

01:29:34.674 --> 01:29:38.660
our reach, is the only
weak point

01:29:39.982 --> 01:29:41.715
since the election.

01:29:42.212 --> 01:29:46.157
But unlike my colleagues,
I'm an eternal optimist,

01:29:46.278 --> 01:29:49.841
so maybe we'll find
a solution before the referendum.

01:29:49.962 --> 01:29:54.294
We're looking at legal
options

01:29:54.936 --> 01:29:58.694
of how to bypass this blockade
every day.

01:29:58.926 --> 01:30:02.828
Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.
I've been told that we lost

01:30:02.949 --> 01:30:07.557
our live link for several minutes.
I hope that... -RTV turned it off.

01:30:07.689 --> 01:30:12.160
That's bad karma but I think
it's because of all the views.

01:30:12.288 --> 01:30:16.797
Gašper Lubej, Al Jazeera. And if you
can please stand up.

01:30:17.037 --> 01:30:20.801
From Mr. Golob. The opposition
is very critical

01:30:20.953 --> 01:30:26.039
of your government's work.
They say that you're taking

01:30:26.185 --> 01:30:29.899
too late, when people are already
suffering,

01:30:30.024 --> 01:30:33.545
that the cabinet is inexperienced
and uncoordinated.

01:30:33.750 --> 01:30:38.095
I'd like you to comment
on that and ask Ms. Fajon

01:30:38.257 --> 01:30:41.584
about the Western Balkans.
It seems that Slovenia

01:30:41.706 --> 01:30:48.451
is a side player now that
things are getting more active

01:30:48.584 --> 01:30:53.040
on the Belgrade-Prishtina axis.
Can you give us an example

01:30:53.191 --> 01:30:57.710
of where Slovenia made
a breakthrough,

01:30:57.820 --> 01:31:00.940
rather than just provided
infrastructure, as at

01:31:01.135 --> 01:31:05.291
the Brdo-Brioni talks, but also
contributed to the resolution

01:31:05.412 --> 01:31:09.493
of the situation by the end
of the year? Thank you.

01:31:13.070 --> 01:31:16.027
The job of the opposition
is to be critical.

01:31:16.143 --> 01:31:19.748
Our job is to pay attention
to legitimate criticism

01:31:19.874 --> 01:31:22.204
and incorporate it
into our plans.

01:31:22.325 --> 01:31:26.406
Sometimes, they can even manage
to provide criticism

01:31:26.631 --> 01:31:30.503
that we can consider
and we're happy to do that.

01:31:30.957 --> 01:31:33.388
I have nothing
to add regarding that.

01:31:33.897 --> 01:31:36.854
Very quickly regarding
the Western Balkans.

01:31:37.030 --> 01:31:39.673
Slovenia is very active
in the region

01:31:39.898 --> 01:31:44.614
and is very well aware
of challenges such as instability,

01:31:44.772 --> 01:31:47.905
the drain of young people away
from the region,

01:31:48.032 --> 01:31:50.820
and slow EU integration.

01:31:50.941 --> 01:31:55.359
I believe we were very effective
when we discussed

01:31:55.529 --> 01:31:59.531
the beginning of accession
negotiations with North Macedonia

01:31:59.653 --> 01:32:03.192
and Albania. Slovenia was very
active and contributed

01:32:03.362 --> 01:32:06.113
to the beginning
of negotiations.

01:32:06.278 --> 01:32:09.611
The same is true
for Bosnia-Herzegovina.

01:32:09.757 --> 01:32:12.874
We started the talks and
began to talk about

01:32:12.977 --> 01:32:15.952
an expedited process
of becoming a candidate.

01:32:16.073 --> 01:32:21.291
Unlike you, I see that Slovenia
is playing a significant role

01:32:21.467 --> 01:32:25.674
and that our friends in the region
are listening to us closely.

01:32:25.795 --> 01:32:31.982
Many politically sensitive
subjects in our neighborhood

01:32:32.122 --> 01:32:35.260
are placed on the agenda
by Slovenia.

01:32:35.678 --> 01:32:39.369
Thank you.
Vitomir Petrović, Planet TV.

01:32:43.288 --> 01:32:47.948
Mr. Golob, if we stick
to unpleasant questions.

01:32:48.074 --> 01:32:53.280
You said that the crisis
in heavily tied to Germany

01:32:53.426 --> 01:32:56.802
and that international cooperation
is the key here.

01:32:57.015 --> 01:33:01.063
The proposed changes to the Law
on Electronic Communications

01:33:01.228 --> 01:33:05.577
supposedly include a proposal
for the discriminatory exclusion

01:33:05.735 --> 01:33:09.506
of some providers,
i.e., anti-Chinese rhetoric

01:33:09.627 --> 01:33:13.116
signed in the form of a memorandum
with the Americans

01:33:13.243 --> 01:33:17.760
by SDS's presidential candidate
Logar. Does this mean

01:33:17.896 --> 01:33:22.160
that in foreign policy, you won't
be following Germany's lead,

01:33:22.295 --> 01:33:25.119
but instead continue
Janša's approach?

01:33:26.588 --> 01:33:31.320
Did I correctly sense an implication
that there is something wrong

01:33:31.448 --> 01:33:36.084
with Janša's policy from Planet TV?
No? I was concerned for a moment.

01:33:38.490 --> 01:33:41.526
No, we'll follow our own
foreign policy,

01:33:43.023 --> 01:33:46.192
this government's policy
and Slovenia's policy.

01:33:46.313 --> 01:33:49.744
We'll pay primary attention
to Slovenia's interests,

01:33:49.865 --> 01:33:52.428
as is the case
in other areas.

01:33:52.969 --> 01:33:54.987
Thank you.
Anyone else?

01:33:55.108 --> 01:33:56.782
Go ahead.

01:33:56.904 --> 01:33:59.013
Lara Draškovič, STA.

01:33:59.116 --> 01:34:02.552
You're now facing
three referendum campaigns.

01:34:03.960 --> 01:34:06.214
Can you please stand up...

01:34:06.335 --> 01:34:10.311
You're facing three
referendum campaigns.

01:34:10.588 --> 01:34:13.648
Have you in the coalition
agreed on a strategy

01:34:13.794 --> 01:34:18.065
for the campaigns?

01:34:18.186 --> 01:34:21.606
And a question for all three:
When you, Mr. Golob,

01:34:21.770 --> 01:34:26.240
you mentioned that you were
looking for other approaches,

01:34:26.385 --> 01:34:29.420
could you be more specific?
-There's no way

01:34:29.554 --> 01:34:31.554
I would go into specifics.

01:34:33.084 --> 01:34:36.411
As for the referendums,
I believe we're united

01:34:36.532 --> 01:34:40.537
in that we wish all three
take place at the same time

01:34:40.654 --> 01:34:45.200
on a "referendum day,"
so people will be able

01:34:45.322 --> 01:34:49.432
to make their voices heard
about whether they want

01:34:49.560 --> 01:34:54.505
to support this government's
initiatives, results,

01:34:54.669 --> 01:35:01.160
and atmosphere
or if they want more

01:35:01.438 --> 01:35:04.583
of that dark period
before April 24.

01:35:04.746 --> 01:35:07.757
It's clear to me what
the people will say,

01:35:07.978 --> 01:35:11.651
but we want them to say
that not to us, who know this,

01:35:11.790 --> 01:35:15.788
but to those still dreaming
about a return to the dark past.

01:35:15.909 --> 01:35:19.309
But they won't succeed,
because we won't allow it.

01:35:19.430 --> 01:35:21.608
A question in the middle.

01:35:21.729 --> 01:35:24.198
Bojan Kračič,
Agence France-Presse.

01:35:24.319 --> 01:35:29.290
I'd like to ask the Prime Minister
about the measures. A lot of money

01:35:29.436 --> 01:35:34.960
has been mentioned, so I'm
interesting how this will be

01:35:35.080 --> 01:35:39.774
sustainable in the medium term.
The Fiscal Council has warned

01:35:39.932 --> 01:35:43.578
that you could be more moderate
in spending this money.

01:35:43.760 --> 01:35:46.627
Do you have any plans
to tackle this

01:35:46.748 --> 01:35:48.923
next year or 2024?

01:35:49.429 --> 01:35:52.750
Thank you for the question.
It's important that we

01:35:52.866 --> 01:35:54.926
answer it clearly.

01:35:55.108 --> 01:35:58.908
Europe has had a winter
like the one that's on its way.

01:36:00.126 --> 01:36:05.840
The application of rules created for
a different time, the austerity era,

01:36:06.054 --> 01:36:09.260
in our times, when we are
facing something akin

01:36:09.448 --> 01:36:12.840
to a state of war,

01:36:14.180 --> 01:36:17.464
doesn't make sense
and is foolish.

01:36:18.661 --> 01:36:23.109
All of Europe has realized this,
and I hop that our Fiscal Council

01:36:23.255 --> 01:36:26.957
will also realize that fiscal
rules cannot be applied

01:36:27.103 --> 01:36:31.377
in such situations. It makes
even less sense to comment on this.

01:36:31.498 --> 01:36:35.589
I won't comment on something
that is clear to everyone.

01:36:35.977 --> 01:36:40.462
Of course, this winter us unique
and we need to plan ahead.

01:36:40.665 --> 01:36:46.720
That's why we are
traveling on two parallel paths.

01:36:47.034 --> 01:36:49.869
One path is about
facing the crisis.

01:36:49.956 --> 01:36:54.531
And we have to help people
and the economy to survive.

01:36:55.309 --> 01:36:59.751
And we have the development path.
As we are tackling the crisis,

01:36:59.848 --> 01:37:02.340
we're also investing
in development.

01:37:02.510 --> 01:37:04.510
Yesterday, we met
with the most

01:37:04.625 --> 01:37:08.896
with the most propulsive part
of the economy, the auto industry.

01:37:09.060 --> 01:37:11.847
We were discussing increased
investments

01:37:11.951 --> 01:37:15.560
into the green transition
for the automotive industry.

01:37:17.178 --> 01:37:21.760
We know that we need to
invest the most during a crisis

01:37:22.623 --> 01:37:26.229
to ensure that the crisis
doesn't hurt us,

01:37:26.348 --> 01:37:31.305
so we can be fiscally resilient
three or four years from now.

01:37:31.543 --> 01:37:34.125
And we may be
back to the old rules.

01:37:34.328 --> 01:37:38.559
I'm not an economist,
but to think like this today

01:37:38.691 --> 01:37:42.787
seems senseless to me.

01:37:44.175 --> 01:37:46.848
Thank you. We have
two more questions.

01:37:46.963 --> 01:37:49.366
Andreja Lončar, N1.

01:37:49.526 --> 01:37:55.280
First, a commentary. You showed
a comparison of regulated

01:37:55.420 --> 01:38:00.020
fuel prices for various countries.
I think you're being a bit unfair

01:38:00.166 --> 01:38:04.720
to other countries, since the price
isn't everything. Many countries

01:38:04.837 --> 01:38:08.229
are providing assistance
like Slovenia, and Austria

01:38:08.351 --> 01:38:12.365
announced a €4 billion aid package
yesterday in the form

01:38:12.486 --> 01:38:16.668
of subsidies for households,

01:38:16.850 --> 01:38:20.480
but with limited use,
which Slovenia hasn't done.

01:38:20.686 --> 01:38:25.801
Austria is therefore encouraging
the efficient use of energy

01:38:25.968 --> 01:38:32.022
and limiting demand.

01:38:32.600 --> 01:38:37.242
And a question
about Austria.

01:38:37.806 --> 01:38:43.539
Austria is an important partner
of ours regarding the supply of gas.

01:38:44.024 --> 01:38:48.066
I'm curious how far we are
from an agreement with Austria

01:38:48.212 --> 01:38:52.061
regarding solidarity deliveries
in case of interruptions.

01:38:52.219 --> 01:38:55.655
Do you know how much gas
we have in leased storage

01:38:55.831 --> 01:39:00.880
facilities in Austria? A week ago,
a source from the Infrastructure

01:39:01.009 --> 01:39:05.270
Ministry told us that you were
relying on data from resellers,

01:39:05.440 --> 01:39:07.120
but lacked specific data.

01:39:07.241 --> 01:39:10.887
How is the situation with
the security of deliveries?

01:39:11.008 --> 01:39:15.171
That's important information that
we don't have, as one of only

01:39:15.323 --> 01:39:19.416
a few European countries,
since we have no storage facilities.

01:39:19.562 --> 01:39:23.543
It's a security risk both for
our industry and the country.

01:39:23.891 --> 01:39:31.740
And Ms. Fajon, I asked you two weeks
ago at an energy event

01:39:31.861 --> 01:39:37.889
about the role of diplomacy
in case of an embargo

01:39:38.010 --> 01:39:41.168
on wood fuel exports
from Bosnia and Serbia.

01:39:41.395 --> 01:39:45.522
You said you would talk to other
ministries. I'm curious

01:39:45.668 --> 01:39:50.082
if there have been any developments
or if you found a way to help.

01:39:50.234 --> 01:39:53.888
We get most of our wood
pellets from Bosnia, which

01:39:54.112 --> 01:39:57.142
has halted exports,
and that's a problem

01:39:57.773 --> 01:40:01.800
for many Slovenian households.

01:40:02.889 --> 01:40:06.513
Matjaž Han has offered
to answer this question.

01:40:07.394 --> 01:40:10.880
I would just like
to confirm the information...

01:40:11.026 --> 01:40:15.874
I checked the information regarding
the last question.

01:40:16.334 --> 01:40:21.213
The State Secretary of the Economy
Ministry is traveling to Bosnia

01:40:21.383 --> 01:40:24.440
on Monday and talks
will take place there.

01:40:27.608 --> 01:40:30.626
These measures
are not about competition.

01:40:32.007 --> 01:40:34.467
So you can't be
unfair to anyone.

01:40:34.583 --> 01:40:37.576
The measures are
used to help your people.

01:40:37.663 --> 01:40:42.306
Each country does it their own way
because the systems are different,

01:40:42.428 --> 01:40:46.967
so it's right that our prices for
everyone are lower than in Austria

01:40:47.101 --> 01:40:50.497
because our wages are also lower.
That makes sense.

01:40:51.237 --> 01:40:54.309
Some of the subsidies
you mentioned

01:40:54.578 --> 01:40:58.323
have been presented, while others
are in the works.

01:40:58.515 --> 01:41:02.840
Every country in Europe, not just
Slovenia or Austria,

01:41:03.594 --> 01:41:08.211
introduces new measures every
week or two.

01:41:08.416 --> 01:41:11.500
That's because the situation
is getting worse.

01:41:12.118 --> 01:41:15.730
Currently, they are getting worse
quicker for business

01:41:15.864 --> 01:41:17.701
than for households.

01:41:17.792 --> 01:41:22.215
Why? Because Slovenia regulated
its prices for households,

01:41:22.312 --> 01:41:24.954
unlike many other countries.

01:41:25.214 --> 01:41:29.093
We did that first because we wanted
to limit the problem

01:41:29.244 --> 01:41:32.129
we will face this autumn.

01:41:32.440 --> 01:41:35.760
We can therefore
focus on the economy.

01:41:36.518 --> 01:41:39.828
The measures we're preparing
for businesses

01:41:40.071 --> 01:41:42.325
are just as important,

01:41:42.502 --> 01:41:46.320
but they're broader
in terms of finances.

01:41:46.939 --> 01:41:49.775
As has been stated
several times,

01:41:50.025 --> 01:41:54.799
we finally defined energy poverty
after 12 years.

01:41:54.975 --> 01:41:58.599
We will now invite people
to get registered,

01:41:58.745 --> 01:42:01.813
and only then will we have
bonuses for them.

01:42:01.934 --> 01:42:05.170
We're thinking about an entire
range of measures,

01:42:05.286 --> 01:42:08.583
which we'll carry out based
on the circumstances.

01:42:08.742 --> 01:42:12.511
Unfairness isn't an issue.
This isn't a beauty contest.

01:42:13.594 --> 01:42:17.424
It's about adapting the measures
to the actual situation.

01:42:17.606 --> 01:42:21.339
I don't want to argue with you.
I just want to explain

01:42:21.454 --> 01:42:27.080
why comparisons don't make
any sense.

01:42:27.280 --> 01:42:29.304
Pardon me?

01:42:29.547 --> 01:42:33.062
I just want to say that
you made the comparison.

01:42:33.162 --> 01:42:36.379
But it's not a question
of injustice. We wanted

01:42:36.543 --> 01:42:40.070
to show prices in Slovenia
in comparison with Europe.

01:42:40.215 --> 01:42:44.603
That way, people can be assured
that even though there's so much

01:42:44.785 --> 01:42:48.846
talk about the crisis, that crisis
hasn't spilled into prices

01:42:49.053 --> 01:42:51.653
because of government
regulation.

01:42:51.774 --> 01:42:53.604
That's our key message.

01:42:54.401 --> 01:42:57.516
But you and Prime Minister
Janša before you

01:42:57.692 --> 01:43:03.026
used regulation to lower
fuel prices to levels lower

01:43:03.160 --> 01:43:06.493
than those in neighboring
countries, which caused

01:43:06.590 --> 01:43:10.118
a spike in demand and caused
problems with suppliers

01:43:10.276 --> 01:43:13.831
who had a tough time keeping
up with oil deliveries.

01:43:14.002 --> 01:43:18.419
I'm an economist so I understand
that you my see this differently,

01:43:18.537 --> 01:43:22.864
but prices also motivate people
to limit their use of energy.

01:43:24.640 --> 01:43:29.136
Do you really think we have supply
issues because of low prices?

01:43:32.786 --> 01:43:36.562
That's what the suppliers
are telling us.

01:43:36.707 --> 01:43:40.205
Statistical data says otherwise.

01:43:40.347 --> 01:43:43.759
...responding to the comparison.
-Thank you.

01:43:43.962 --> 01:43:46.979
Gašper Petovar, TV Slovenia.

01:43:47.100 --> 01:43:51.118
I have a question for Mr. Golob,
Ms. Fajon, and Mr. Mesec.

01:43:51.239 --> 01:43:55.129
What are your three key goals,
for each of you,

01:43:55.239 --> 01:44:00.329
during the next 100 days
of the government?

01:44:03.007 --> 01:44:06.358
I think that's been said.
We can repeat it.

01:44:07.145 --> 01:44:11.502
The priorities of the government
are clear:

01:44:12.153 --> 01:44:18.846
price hikes, inflation, energy
and related changes

01:44:18.967 --> 01:44:23.316
to sustain the economy and stimulate
development, and healthcare.

01:44:23.437 --> 01:44:27.006
In the meantime, we will
make it through this winter

01:44:27.146 --> 01:44:29.522
as a compassionate society.

01:44:29.643 --> 01:44:33.868
This is not just the plan for
the next 100 but for the winter,

01:44:33.989 --> 01:44:35.737
so for some 180 days.

01:44:35.870 --> 01:44:39.324
Those are the entire
government's priorities.

01:44:39.577 --> 01:44:44.637
Of course, each minister
is responsible for their own area,

01:44:44.749 --> 01:44:47.925
but that doesn't mean
that they are in conflict

01:44:48.083 --> 01:44:52.094
with the basic tasks. They're parts
of the same puzzle.

01:44:53.850 --> 01:44:57.873
I'll repeat the Social Democrats'
priorities.

01:44:57.989 --> 01:45:01.946
To a certain extent, they're already
being carried out.

01:45:02.660 --> 01:45:09.156
They're quality public healthcare,
reduced wait times in health,

01:45:09.347 --> 01:45:12.298
easier access to family doctors,

01:45:12.450 --> 01:45:16.480
free school meals and supplies,

01:45:16.709 --> 01:45:22.763
non-profit rental homes
affordable to young people,

01:45:24.817 --> 01:45:28.525
the availability long-term care,
and Slovenia's position

01:45:28.646 --> 01:45:32.622
in the healthy core of Europe,
which refers to the respect

01:45:32.743 --> 01:45:36.702
of democratic values,
the rule of law, and media freedom.

01:45:38.362 --> 01:45:40.919
I'll speak on behalf
of my ministry.

01:45:41.077 --> 01:45:44.567
The price hikes
are our priority.

01:45:44.834 --> 01:45:47.191
I'll list three other
priorities.

01:45:47.376 --> 01:45:51.121
They're long.-term care, which
we are reforming along

01:45:51.322 --> 01:45:55.618
with Minister Loredan and the
Association of Social Institutions.

01:45:55.739 --> 01:45:58.760
It will be completed
by January 1.

01:45:59.396 --> 01:46:03.505
Housing is also our
priority.

01:46:03.652 --> 01:46:07.769
We'll start defining our housing
policy despite the referendum

01:46:07.890 --> 01:46:11.514
called by the opposition,
and get our shovels ready

01:46:11.636 --> 01:46:13.399
for the year ahead.

01:46:13.520 --> 01:46:16.842
Economic democracy
is our third priority.

01:46:16.963 --> 01:46:20.837
Despite the referendum, you can
expect the first initiative

01:46:20.965 --> 01:46:22.645
from this area in autumn.

01:46:23.354 --> 01:46:26.741
Thank you to the heads
of the coalition parties.

01:46:27.673 --> 01:46:33.600
Prime Minster, Ministers,
MPs, journalists,

01:46:33.752 --> 01:46:38.133
and others gathered here today
and joining us online,

01:46:38.445 --> 01:46:41.675
thank you for joining us.
We wrapped up nicely,

01:46:41.760 --> 01:46:43.844
with a view toward the future.

01:46:43.965 --> 01:46:47.050
We hear something;
it's not fireworks

01:46:47.166 --> 01:46:51.451
of the future, but this
ends our event.

01:46:51.572 --> 01:46:54.658
Marcel didn't turn on
his countdown clock,

01:46:54.779 --> 01:46:58.403
so we were a bit long.
Thank you and have a great day!