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Good evening and welcome to the
statement by the Prime Minister,

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Dr Robert Golob. 
The Prime Minister will present,

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what has been adopted. 
The stage is yours.

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Ladies and
gentlemen.

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First of all, let
me reassure you.

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There is enough
fuel in Slovenia.

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The warehouses are full
and we will not run out of fuel.

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On the basis of today's
announcements and meetings today,

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it appears that Petrol is having
the biggest problems getting

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fuel to its service stations.
That is why, after all the

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meetings involving Ministers,
representatives of transport operators,

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MOL and Petrol and other 
government departments,

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we agreed on concrete measures 
to increase the number of transports

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to the services and to limit
consumption, especially by foreigners.

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The first decision is to include
Slovenian Armed Forces.

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As I said yesterday, the
Government has mobilised

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the Slovenian Armed Forces, 
both the SAF tankers and the troops

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who will be at the disposal 
of the hauliers to transport the fuel.

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Secondly. Based on the positive
experience of MOL, the Government

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will introduce a general limit on
the amount of refuelling allowed,

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up to fifty litres for natural
persons and up to 200 litres

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for legal persons. 
And thirdly.

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Already this morning we 
requested oil traders to report

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immediately on the situation 
at their service stations.

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We also expect the next
report tomorrow morning.

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Based on that,
we will take a decision

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whether further action is needed.

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Thank you very much.
Press questions will follow.

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Marko Milenkovič, please.

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Marko Milenkovič, RTV Slovenia.

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Thank you for
the clarifications.

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Please, if you could comment.

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It has been said, 
you mentioned it yourself,

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that we will limit
sales to foreign citizens.

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Is this in the game or will you 
not accept it for the time being?

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As far as I understand,
this is supposed to be a general restriction,

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the 50 litres and the 200 litres.

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Today we have adopted
a general limit.

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The focus is on motorway restrictions,
although it applies everywhere.

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At the same time, we have also made
a recommendation to oil traders,

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to make special preparations
measures for foreign nationals.

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This is most easily achieved through

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a diversified pricing policy.

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If necessary,
we will also take action.

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Another question.

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There seems to be a problem or a dispute
between the government and Petrol.

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We have followed the dispute in the past,
that it is now escalating, it is continuing.

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The government directly says
that Petrol is guilty.

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It reads between the lines, 
as it were done on purpose.

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Petrol answers that this is not true 
and that the government has not accepted

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agreed measures, in short, that you do not 
want to increase their margins.

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I mean, where is this dispute now
and what is the impact of this dispute?

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Today, everyone can see for themselves, 
that petrol and diesel

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are predominantly available 
at MOL-owned service stations.

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If MOL can do it, I think
Petrol should be able to do it.

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As for the conflicts,
this government has

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successfully overcome 
the energy crisis,

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tackled the biggest fire in history, 
the catastrophic floods,

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was among the first to evacuate
its people from the Middle East.

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And no, nobody can
blackmail us, and in this case,

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this certainly does not 
occur to anybody.

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What I would
would like to say here is that

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the government must make 
sure that the supply

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of petroleum products is accessible
to the people in the first place.

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These measures,
that we have adopted today,

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have been taken on
the basis of the positive

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experience of the MOL energy company.

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I can only wonder 
how it is possible

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that Petrol has so far failed.
Therefore, we have imposed

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these commitments on them
in the form of binding decisions.

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You don't want to comment
on allegations that trucks do not

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go to Petrol, messages that their
drivers are not allowed to drive.

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I do not have that
information myself.

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However, representatives of the 
Chamber of Craft and small Businesses

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of Slovenian hauliers were also 
at the meetings today.

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Together with them we agreed
on measures to increase the number

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of transports and, in the end,
it may indeed turn out that the

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problem is not on the side of the hauliers,
but somewhere else.

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But speculating 
on this is less important

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than assuring 
that by tomorrow morning,

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supplies will be up and running.
And that is all that counts.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much. I
have a question from STA.

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Have you received 
the requested report from Petrol?

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What does it show?

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We were briefed during the day today on
the situation at Petrol's service stations.

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As far as I am
concerned, catastrophic.

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Tomorrow morning
we expect a new report.

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Based on that we will
make a decision, how to proceed.

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O.K. 
I think, you have already answered

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the other questions,
so there are no more left.

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One more question, if possible.

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The government relaxed
price regulation a few

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days ago, took it off the motorways and expressways.

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Petrol says
that the problem lies in logistics.

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They believe their margins

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are too low to afford 
hiring extra capacity.

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I wonder whether there
is a relaxation of prices

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across the board or a change in the price structure?

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Thank you.
-I will say it again.

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The government must look after 
the people, and not that a company

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that is already making record profits, 
makes even bigger profits.

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If the margins were good enough 
for MOL to be able to provide uninterrupted

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services to Slovenian citizens over 
the course of these days, then I am convinced,

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that Petrol should do the same.

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Thank you very much.
-Thank you very much, Mr President, and goodbye.