PM: “The new government is ready to push ahead with strategically-considered privatisation”

• “The new government is ready to push ahead with strategically-considered privatisation,” Prime Minister Miro Cerar told the annual conference. While key infrastructure will remain in state ownership, business stakes will be sold based on an asset management strategy that is being drafted.

  The document is expected to be put to public debate in early November. “It is meant as a clear political commitment that the way forward will be more systematic,” State Secretary at the Finance Ministry in charge of privatisation Metod Dragonja told the panel about the strategy which will lay out the plans for state assets.

  Moreover, Cerar announced that the government was committed to reforms which will make Slovenia a more appealing destination for foreign investors. The government priorities include balancing public finances and completing bank restructuring to provide for a stable financial system.