Slovenia's Ambassador to NATO, Jelko Kacin, already informed a few days ago that the alliance was very unhappy with Slovenia's attitude regarding defence and security. Kacin stated that the main reason for NATO's dissatisfaction was that Slovenia was not earmarking two percents of the state budget on defence, even though it promised to do so years ago. Uroš Svete, an expert in defence studies, told MMC that it reflects the attitude of politics and society towards the issue of security. An attitude which has led to a situation in which the country's military structure is smaller than the police structure, in which a big part of the army exists only on paper and those most skilled are heading abroad.

We absolutely have to realize that national security cannot be taken for granted and does not come free of charge, said Svete. He continued to say that things cannot be always rescued from one minute to the next, and compared the whole thing to insuring a house or a car. Security is not an issue concerning a few thousand uniformed soldiers, but every citizen. That is something Slovenia seems to have forgotten, and that is the essence of NATO's "red alarm", said Svete.