Slovenia Weekly: A unified response

"From now on, Slovenia will keep its word in NATO," Prime Minister Janez Janša said at the summit in Ankara, responding to estimates that Slovenia will be the only member country this year to spend less than 2% of GDP on defence. He described the summit as one of the most successful in recent years, saying that it had delivered a unified response to the key security challenges and reaffirmed the commitment of member countries to further strengthening collective defence. The adopted declaration sends an important signal of unity within the Alliance at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. "This was one of those summits we can be satisfied with. The adopted declaration provides answers to all the key challenges. Great unity was demonstrated," said the Slovenian Prime Minister.

This week, a proposal for an Act on the National Demographic Fund was put up for public review. According to Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj, the aim of the National Demographic Fund is to ensure a safer and more stable pension system through better management of state assets, thereby benefiting current and future generations of pensioners.