LJUBLJANA, Dec 30 (Hina) - Slovenia is faced with a historical era because the door to the European family of nations is wide open to it, Premier Anton Rop said on Monday in his New Year's message to the nation, adding the country had
to remain politically stable and show social solidarity.
LJUBLJANA, Dec 30 (Hina) - Slovenia is faced with a historical era
because the door to the European family of nations is wide open to
it, Premier Anton Rop said on Monday in his New Year's message to the
nation, adding the country had to remain politically stable and
show social solidarity. #L#
The 42-year-old former finance minister will face a series of
interior and foreign policy challenges. One of these will be to
create a robust and flexible economy so that Slovenia can adapt more
easily to the EU economic space.
The directors of some of Slovenia's largest companies who met with
the premier asked that he decrease salary taxes, sustain favourable
conditions in trading with Southeastern Europe's countries, and
decrease inflation which reached an exceptionally high 7.5 percent
this year.
Slovenia's exports in the past five years increased by only 11
percent which, compared to the increase in imports of 7 percent,
means stagnation, the directors cautioned.
(hina) sp/ha sb