The Rop government made such a move last September when it withdrew Ambassador Bekes to Ljubljana for several weeks of consultations following a statement by the then Croatian foreign minister Tonino Picula regarding the sea border and the environmental protection of the Adriatic Sea.
There are no major differences among Slovene political parties with regard to the main subject of the dispute, whether Slovenia should control the entire Bay of Piran and whether it should have access to the open sea.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party believes that Slovenia must not agree to less than what it has received under an agreement initialled by former prime ministers Janez Drnovsek of Slovenia and Ivica Racan of Croatia.
The leading opposition Democratic Party led by Janez Jansa insists that Slovenia, as a member of the European Union and NATO, should not rush with negotiations because its political position "is stronger than ever".
Jansa has said he recognises the decision of the Badinter Commission regarding the land border, but that there are still unresolved cases "at the microlevel", such as disputes over hamlets along the Dragonja river in Istria and Mount Sveta Gera.