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Hello, everybody.

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Our last regional meeting
was in Pomurje.

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We've talked about the results
of the this government's reforms.

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Today, we are in Goriško.

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With great pleasure,
here in the Technology park,

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we are looking forward.
And I would like to announce

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a very important project
that I'm very proud of.

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This project is made for the future
and for creating new knowledge.

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Today, the first Slovenian tender
was published on the European portal

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for a national platform
for artificial intelligence.

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Our goal is
to enable every Slovenian,

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an individual or employee,

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in a company,
in public sector or as researcher

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or just from curiosity,
gets a free pass

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to all tools
of artificial intelligence.

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This access should be safe
in all criteria

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that the European Union has set.
It will be in a European cloud.

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And the data should be available
only to the user,

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the third party won't be able
to access them

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and use them for their learning.
They are available to their owner.

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Slovenia wants to be
among the first.

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For now, no country
has signed such a contract.

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We had the talks with some of the
biggest providers of such services

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and we believe to sign the contract
with one of them in the next months.

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We chose more tools, but we want
to be technologically neutral.

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We want to offer a platform
for data, where the AI will run

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and a free access to this platform
for everybody.

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Why do I want to announce
this here?

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I would like to congratulate the team
of Primorska Technology Park

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for the European Commission's prize
for the project POPRI.

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We want to merge
the curiosity of young people

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and entrepreneurship, which can be
upgraded with the cutting-edge tools

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and access to the cutting-edge tools
and platforms of the AI.

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I believe that with it, young people
could satisfy their curiosity

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and develop new ideas even faster.
Business or other ideas.

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And mainly, to enable them to have
some kind of advantage in the world.

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We want to make these tools
available in Slovenia fast

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and above all,
among the first in the world.

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This won't be limited
to the access only.

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The whole tender includes
accessibilty for companies,

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small companies
for developing the ideas,

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big companies for improving
their production processes

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and their performance,

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public sector to offer
quicker and more quality services.

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A school system
and scientific research institutions.

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And every individual at home
that could use these tools

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to make her or his life easier.

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I am very proud of this project.
For now, we are among the first.

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No state has yet signed
such a contract.

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Maybe, somebody will be faster
when negotiating,

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but we want to be very careful,
what we sign,

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because this is a very sensitive area
of data protection

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and we want
maximum protection.

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If we wanted to be the first,
we could be,

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but data protection
is more important to us,

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so we will take another month of
negotiations to finalize this matter.

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Pop TV. A question about AI.
How much will this project cost?

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Who will pay for it?
According to the latest data,

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as many as 30%
of AI responses are lies.

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These are very important issues.

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That's why we're going with
a national platform,

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where it will be possible
to verify data

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based on local data,
based on national data.

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That's the first thing.
The second,

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the project for now, or rather
the tender, which is out,

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is being prepared by the Ministry
of Higher Education and Innovation

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together with the Ministry
of Digital Transformation.

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For the license,
which is then renewed,

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€10 million is currently planned.

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But the ministry has
the full support of the Government,

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and if necessary,
based on negotiations,

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this license will be extended
or the funds increased.

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The Pirates Party are against
the amendments to the SOVA Act.

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What's your comment? They're
threatening with a referendum.

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I would put it differently.

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This government has carried out
some of the most important reforms,

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reforms that others
didn't undertake,

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the last, which is now coming
into force, is the pension reform.

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Signatures were also collected
against the pension reform,

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but in the end
they were not successful.

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What's important is what
the individual changes bring,

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and I would not go into detail

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about individuals who collect
signatures or announce referendums.

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In the end, what's important
is what is adopted,

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and it's adopted either in parliament
or possibly later in a referendum.

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Until then,
speculation is unnecessary.

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Your comment
on today's protest.

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I don't know anything about it.
I really don't, I've been here.

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They're saying the Šutar Act
in unconstitutional.

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I'm convinced
that it's not unconstitutional.

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We consulted
constitutional lawyers,

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certain solutions
were proposed by the judiciary

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or the public prosecutor's office.

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Again, since I'm not
a constitutional lawyer,

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if the parliamentary procedure shows

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that certain solutions
need to be upgraded,

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we will, of course, listen.

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But at the moment
it's too early to say anything else.

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STA. The director of SOVA visited
President Trump in the White House.

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What was the purpose
of this visit?

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Certain things
are simply not discussed in public.

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But there are very good relations
between our intelligence service

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and all intelligence services.

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I believe that these relations
will only get better.

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The only purpose is to increase
the security of Slovenian citizens.

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Primož Božič, Primorski val.

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The mayors of northern Primorska
objected that the government visit

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has overlooked their municipalities.
What could you promise them?

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It's not about promising anything.

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We had a very good
working lunch with the mayors.

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Ask them if they're
still in a bad mood.

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I think you'll get
an appropriate answer.

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The format
was slightly different today

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in order to be
more operational.

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We had a meeting with a number
of ministers and all the mayors,

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and we have now agreed
that further meetings

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will focus on those topics

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that are most relevant
to individual municipalities,

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with only those ministers.
That's what we've agreed

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not only with the mayors
of the Upper Soča Valley

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and Idrija-Cerkno,
but with others as well.

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Thank you.