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Fiscal trends in 2025 diverged from fiscal sustainability due to exceptionally high expenditure growth. The cumulative deviation from the commitments set out in the medium-term fiscal-structural plan remained within the threshold, but only because of using up the fiscal space created in 2024. Projections by the Fiscal Council and the Ministry of Finance suggest that […]

In 2025, the general government deficit increased to 2.5% of GDP (0.9% of GDP in 2024), mainly as a result of a significant growth in expenditure. Expenditure growth was mainly due to higher labour costs triggered by the start of the salary system reform and the introduction of winter bonus, continued increase in social benefits […]

The Fiscal Council organised its regular consultation on 2 April 2026 with experts in public finances and economic policy. The consultation was attended by Messrs Bogomir Kovač, Robert Ljoljo, Boris Majcen, Jože Sambt, Janez Šušteršič and Maks Tajnikar. The discussion focused on the public finance challenges arising from demographic changes to social protection systems that […]

On 31 March 2026, the Fiscal Council met with representatives of the project group preparing the JEK2 (the new nuclear power plant) financing model. The discussion focused on possible financing models for the project and their implications for public finances.

The new government will have to swiftly define its policy priorities, specify how they will be financed, and ensure that the announced measures are properly incorporated into the relevant fiscal planning documents. The decisive factor in ensuring fiscal sustainability will be the selection and effective implementation of the measures, rather than the ambition of the […]

According to preliminary data, the state budget deficit for the first two months of the year totalled EUR 116 million, while in the same period last year it recorded a modest surplus (EUR 19 million). For the full year 2026, the budget deficit has been projected at EUR 2.1 billion. In this period, revenue (excluding […]