He said that the government of Prime Minister Miro Cerar picked up where the previous government left off, adding that it focused on public finance and adopted a supplementary budget. Without the latter, the country would run a large budget deficit last year – and an even larger deficit this year. Mramor expects economic growth to reach 2.4 percent in 2015.

He nonetheless believes that Slovenia has no time to waste, as 2016 is expected to be a difficult year in terms of public finance. "On average, we're doing okay. But average means we have one hand in a freezer and another in an oven," quipped the minister. "Large enterprises have been successfully restructured, but small and medium-sized enterprises are lagging behind," he said, adding that attention now had to be turned to them – as quickly as possible.

B. V., MMC;
translated by D. V.