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So first of all I would like to thank
everyone, especially the

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firefighters, the civil protection,
also the police officers, who have

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been very active in the last 24
hours.

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Today we have already seen on
the ground that much has been done.

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Yet, unfortunately, we are facing
these extreme weather events more and

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more often.

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Slovenia, as a mountainous country,
is obviously all the more exposed to

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this. This makes it all the more
important to put in place the

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systemic foundations, and this is
what our government is doing.

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It is not that we react only to
individual accidents.

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No, the systemic foundations are
being put in place through the

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Disaster Relief Act, as well as the
Reconstruction and Development Act.

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And I believe that in this way, we
will be able to help these people who

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are affected and these
municipalities that have been

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affected in the most appropriate
way.

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It is true that you need to be
vigilant.

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On the one hand, we want immediate
action to bring people back together.

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On the other hand, there are
long-term measures that will have to

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be carefully thought through.

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The profession will have to have the
main say, and that is what we are

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working on, to give the profession a
voice.

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And when the profession tells you
the solution, it has to be.

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We will not waste any more words on
this.

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It is up to the politicians to then
implement the professional decisions,

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and that is what we will stand for.

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The Act on the renewal of
development has now been sent out for

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a broad public debate, on the one
hand to the municipalities, on the

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other to the profession, including
the opposition.

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Over the next fortnight, I believe
that constructive comments will be

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collected on this topic and I expect
that by the end of November this law

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will be in Parliament and approved
there.

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That way, we can plan for the next
period of at least five years how to

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get back on our feet after all these
devastating natural disasters.

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Thank you very much, Prime Minister.

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Yes, first of all, I would also like
to thank all those who spent

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yesterday and today on the ground,
making sure that the situation in

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many places has already been
rehabilitated and that many of the

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evacuated residents have already
been able to return to their homes.

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We know that some people are not yet
able to do this.

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At the same time, a big thank you
for the quick reaction of the

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government, the civil protection
leadership and, importantly, the

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project planers. Because what the Prime
Minister mentioned earlier seems to

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me to be crucial. We need systemic
solutions.

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We need preventive solutions so that
these things do not happen again.

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We know that on the one hand we have
pushed this planet of ours to its

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limits and that such things will
happen again in the future, so we

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need to be more prepared for them.

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Here I appeal to the government to
adopt appropriate solutions in the

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management of watercourses, in the
care of the national road network.

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At local level, we will absolutely
do our utmost to be as responsive as

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we can, but also as we can.

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We put over 20 pieces of heavy
construction equipment on the ground

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yesterday. Here we also need a
better response from the

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concessionaires who manage the road
network at national level.

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The Prime Minister and I had a very
constructive conversation, even

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throughout the morning, and we found
some solutions that we are looking

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forward to, just as we are looking
forward to the Recovery Act, which I

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hope will really be about that.

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That is to say, to the professional
desks that will provide systemic

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preventive solutions.

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If we are going to ensure this,
there may have to be some compromise

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somewhere, both with nature
conservation and, after all, with the

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residents. But all in the direction
of keeping a beautiful countryside

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like Baška Grapa safely inhabited.